If you've ever seen a hovering hummingbird, you've probably felt amazed by the tiny bird's fancy flying. Learn about how ...

Everyone loves to watch hummingbirds—tiny, brightly colored blurs that dart about, hovering at flowers and pugnaciously defending their ownership of a feeder. But to the scientists who study them, ...

Watching a hummingbird hover delicately at a flower, its tiny wings beating up to 80 times per second, ranks among gardening's most magical moments. These jewel-toned aerial acrobats don't visit ...

Discover fun and surprising hummingbird facts, like what is on the hummingbird diet, if they sing, how far they migrate and ...

Hummingbird flight mechanics have been well studied but far less is known about how their sense of touch helps them sip nectar from a flower without bumping into it. Most of what scientists know about ...

A backyard can transform into a living, buzzing stage when hummingbirds arrive. These tiny aerial acrobats chase bright, ...

As they zip around in search of nectar, hummingbirds have no trouble navigating dense foliage and other tight spaces. This feat is especially impressive for hummers, because unlike other birds, they ...

How to attract more hummingbirds to your yard — the science reveals what colors they really like (and it’s not just red).