When researchers found a hummingbird with glittering gold feathers, they initially thought a new species had been discovered, but what they actually found was far more unusual. The bird — found in ...

The Anna's hummingbird is more cold-hardy than most hummingbirds. Learn what the males and females look like and where to ...

Now that we’re in the second half of October, landscapes are finally showing color. But I have no idea how long the fall color will last because of the dry weather. Alongside one road David and I ...

Most birds that flit through dense, leafy forests have a strategy for maneuvering through tight windows in the vegetation — they bend their wings at the wrist or elbow and barrel through. But ...

Experts explain whether you should feed hummingbirds in winter, when it helps, and what to know about maintaining feeders in ...

A Mississippi man kept a hummingbird feeder clean and filled well after native ruby-throated hummingbirds migrated South for the winter. He recently got a pleasant surprise when a another species of ...

Hummingbirds are unique among birds for numerous reasons, and that also includes their backward flying capability. Like ...

Now that we’re in the second half of October landscapes are finally showing color. But I have no idea how long the fall color will last because of the dry weather. Alongside one road David and I ...

Hummingbirds are highly maneuverable fliers, flitting forward and backward as they home in on flowers. But in the dense foliage many inhabit, they often encounter gaps that are too narrow for their ...

An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) navigating an aperture too small for its wingspan by sidling through while flapping its wings. Credit: Marc Badger, UC Berkeley Most birds that flit through dense, ...