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, ...

Birds are all around us, and as such, we don't necessarily think about how incredible they are. These are creatures that descended from therapods, a group of two-legged dinosaurs to which the ...

Hummingbirds migrate thousands of miles each fall, with some flying nonstop for over 1,000 miles, fueled by nectar. These tiny pollinators are crucial for many native plants, remarkably retracing ...