The common swift may not have a fancy name, but these small birds are marvels of velocity. Regularly cruising around 110kph ...

Nature doesn’t try to impress us. It just exists, quietly doing strange, brilliant things whether we’re watching or not. We ...

Bird feathers are unique wonders—born before birds, shared with dinosaurs, vital for flight, warmth, display, and survival.

Multiple rare white hummingbirds have recently been spotted in Mississippi during the fall migration. There are three types of white hummingbirds: albino, leucistic, and pied, each with different ...

LAKE JACKSON — Before kids leave the nest, they can create their own at the Xtreme Hummingbird Xtravaganza event at the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory. The independent non-profit organization is hosting ...

Some hummingbirds will embark on their fall migration, a move tracked by birdwatchers nationwide who are eager to spot these tiny birds fluttering in their gardens or to their feeders. But ...

Ohio's hummingbirds will begin migrating to wintering locations starting in September. Decreasing daylight hours in the late summer and early fall signal the birds to travel south. Ohioans can leave ...

Homemade hummingbird nectar can be made with a 4:1 ratio of boiling water to refined white sugar. Place multiple feeders near each other, ideally with perches, to encourage hummingbird feeding. For ...

Each August, Alabama's skies turn into a highway for one of nature's tiniest long-distance travelers: the ruby-throated hummingbird. Sightings of the tiny, fluttering birds in the fall are at their ...

James Vancouver / Getty Images Rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) eating from flowers in a garden. When we see these birds they are typically migrating through Sonoma . (James Vancouver / Getty ...

With their quick-moving wings flapping up to 200 times a second while sometimes buzzing around and feasting on colorful flowers, hummingbirds can easily brighten a day. In addition to beauty, ...