This year's Great Plant Picks theme will have you dreaming about a lively year-round pollinator paradise filled with bees, ...

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

It is not a real surprise that the smallest birds in the world belong to the family Trochilidae, commonly known as hummingbirds. However, even within the hummingbird family, there are large ...

Learn what a Calliope hummingbird looks like, where to find these tiny birds in the U.S., and how to attract them.

Lead researcher Shayne Halter said new research is an early step in better understanding how hummingbirds use their energy ...

The researchers examined two species of migrating hummingbirds, Calliope (Selasphorus calliope) and Rufous hummingbirds (Selasphorus rufus), at a site along the Mimbres River in New Mexico, and ...

The study observed Calliope (pictured) and Rufous hummingbirds. (Danita Delimont/Adobe Stock Photo) Hummingbirds are small but remarkably tough. Some species make migrations of more than 5,590 miles a ...

The film follows Los Angeles author and educator Terry Masear, who rescues injured hummingbirds ... across an injured bird or an abandoned nest and haven’t a clue on how best to help.

Nest Protect has been added to the Google Home app. Available in Public Preview, Nest Protect users can now receive safety alerts and notifications alongside other devices in the Google Home app ...

Halter’s research focused on Rufous (Selasphorus rufus) and Calliope (Selasphorus calliope) hummingbirds migrating through New Mexico in the fall. The goal was to determine the role of fat reserves in ...

For hummingbirds, they're a little piece of home. That's because these tiny birds use spider silk when constructing their nests. The clingy, elastic material functions like glue, duct tape, and thread ...

Then there’s the Rufous Hummingbird. Ranging from the Pacific Northwest up through Western Canada and into Alaska, the most northern Rufous populations travel roughly 3,900 miles from their nests in ...