Mr. Cañas-Valle’s discovery, described in the journal Ornithology in November, may be the first documented example of ...

Hummingbirds often brave downpours to gather the nectar needed to avoid starvation. This Anna’s hummingbird shakes off rain as a wet dog does, with an oscillation of its head and body.

If you love the sight of hummingbirds darting through your garden, planting the right flowers can turn your yard into a ...

Researchers and citizen scientists took samples of environmental DNA from saliva on backyard hummingbird feeders and agave ...

Hummingbirds are small but remarkably tough. Some species make migrations of more than 5,590 miles a year. Their journeys are ...

Hummingbirds are perhaps our best-loved birds, but there’s a lot that people don’t know about them. What kinds of ...

Tiny mites seem capable of relying on the power of static cling to hop into hummingbird nostrils and move between flowers. By Douglas Main Flower mites spend their lives slurping nectar and ...

Hummingbirds are extremely small but remarkably tough. Some species make migrations of more than 9,000 km (about 5,590 miles) a year. Their journeys are largely fueled by nectar, which is sipped ...

Even a small area can serve as a respite for pollinators, and these Oregon experts are ready to help you get started.