In a recent study of hummingbird behavior, The Company of Biologists, a UK-based company, recently found that certain species of hummingbirds experience torpid behaviors more frequently and a drop in ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – An NMSU professor and alumnus are studying the science of human behavior by researching hummingbirds. A Department of Biology professor and a former student wanted to know ...

Birds have been inspiring drones for years, but the hummingbird is particularly agile – its ability to hover and make sharp turns could teach drones a thing or two. Now researchers at Purdue ...

Q: Hours after we hung a feeder, hummingbirds visited. A day later, one bird sat on top of the feeder and chased others away. Is this normal? — J.W., Houston A: Hummingbirds can be territorial. If you ...

If you want to know what makes hummingbirds tick, it's best to avoid most poetry about them. Whither? Probably off to have a bloodcurdling fight, that's whither. John Vance Cheney wrote that verse, ...

If you feed hummingbirds, you should be seeing lots of activity right now. Ruby-throated hummingbird numbers peak in August. Young of the year have left the nest (fledged) so late summer populations ...

At first, I didn't know what I was seeing — a tiny blur at the edge of a bush in Seattle's Wedgwood neighborhood, from which emitted a dramatic, high-pitched scream. Then the scene became clear: Two ...

The lush green alpine meadow surrounding the Dunton guard station in the San Juan National Forest buzzed with hummingbirds and avian enthusiasts last Thursday as part of the San Juan Mountain ...