Here's how the aerial acrobats are able to survive on a nearly all-sugar diet, fly higher than many helicopters can and ...

The next time youre near a patch of flowers and you think you see a hummingbird zip by, take a closer look! It just might be a hummingbird moth, a lesser-known but important pollinator.What Is a ...

To our eyes, they often are a blur. But high-speed cameras show us what makes these birds perfect flying machines. A captive Anna’s hummingbird feeds while hovering before an optical illusion in ...

One of the banders in Pennsylvania is Sandy Lockerman, who lives in Harrisburg. When someone finds an unusual hummingbird in ...

Everyone loves to watch hummingbirds—tiny ... And their zipping, zooming flight sometimes generates g-forces high enough to make a fighter pilot black out. The more researchers look, the ...

Along with an unmatched diversity of U.S. hummingbird species, whose migrant hordes also hew to these mountains during southward summer flight so they can capitalize on monsoon-born gnats and ...

Hummingbirds may be tiny, but the feisty birds can be fearless. A video filmed in Scottsdale on Sept. 24 shows just how fearless they really are. The video, which was filmed by Thomas Lancione ...

Explore ten extraordinary birds with unique features aiding their survival. From the prehistoric-like shoebill and long-toed ...

Nightly suspended animation, sugary diet, backwards flight, and long migrations help. We see red+blue as purple, but birds ...

Everyone loves to watch hummingbirds — tiny ... And their zipping, zooming flight sometimes generates g-forces high enough to make a fighter pilot blackout. The more researchers look, the ...