The forked tongue of this Anna’s hummingbird can be seen through the glass vessel from which it’s drinking artificial nectar. To fuel their energetic flight, hummingbirds may consume more than ...

To get just the right view of a hummingbird’s tongue, he had a glassblower make a tiny basin with a spout at one end. Varma filled it with nectar he concocted—and trained hummingbirds to drink ...

Hummingbirds use their tongues to extract nectar from plants. However, instead of slurping it up like some people might be ...