Bill shape affects how efficiently a hummingbird feeds and how it competes with other hummingbirds. Because of humans, they ...

Mention hummingbirds in Mississippi and ruby-throated hummingbirds will most likely be the species that comes to mind. They are the only hummingbird species that breeds in eastern North America and ...

Eleven hummingbird species have been spotted in North Carolina, though the Ruby-throated hummingbird — the most prevalent species in the state by a landslide — is the one most of us will see this ...

Hummingbirds love flower nectar and Colombian ornithologist Juan Camilo Ríos-Orjuela wants to find out how that has influenced their evolution, including how it could have led to the great species ...

Whilst on a field expedition in the Andes in April 2017, ornithologist Francisco Sornoza-Molina, at the Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad in Ecuador, saw a young male hummingbird that he didn’t ...

A tiny, avian newcomer has fluttered into a yard in Chilmark, and bird watchers still have a chance to see it.  For the first time, a rufous hummingbird has been spotted on the Island. While this ...

But putting out a properly stocked feeder can help Anna's hummingbirds through the winter. The BC SPCA provides tips on how.

From hummingbirds to cardinals, bird feeders to bird flu — here are more stories about the winged creatures we love to see in our backyards (and beyond). Eleven hummingbird species have been spotted ...

In 2017, researchers working in the Ecuadorian Andes stumbled across a previously unknown species of hummingbird -- but as documented in a new study, its small range, specialized habitat, and threats ...