A white-necked jacobin hummingbird chick surprises scientists, scaring away wasps by mimicking a poisonous caterpillar.

In a recent study of hummingbird behavior, The Company of Biologists, a UK-based company, recently found that certain species of hummingbirds experience torpid behaviors more frequently and a drop in ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – An NMSU professor and alumnus are studying the science of human behavior by researching hummingbirds. A Department of Biology professor and a former student wanted to know ...

This video investigates the growing trend of people feeding hummingbirds using unconventional and sometimes risky methods.

Q: Hours after we hung a feeder, hummingbirds visited. A day later, one bird sat on top of the feeder and chased others away. Is this normal? — J.W., Houston A: Hummingbirds can be territorial. If you ...

At first, I didn't know what I was seeing — a tiny blur at the edge of a bush in Seattle's Wedgwood neighborhood, from which emitted a dramatic, high-pitched scream. Then the scene became clear: Two ...

If you feed hummingbirds, you should be seeing lots of activity right now. Ruby-throated hummingbird numbers peak in August. Young of the year have left the nest (fledged) so late summer populations ...

If you want to know what makes hummingbirds tick, it's best to avoid most poetry about them. Whither? Probably off to have a bloodcurdling fight, that's whither. John Vance Cheney wrote that verse, ...

If you want to know what makes hummingbirds tick, it’s best to avoid most poetry about them. Bird-beam of the summer day, – Whither on your sunny way? Whither? Probably off to have a bloodcurdling ...