Imagine seeing a hummingbird for the first time. Hold it in your mind that you have passed your life on one of those less-fortunate continents like Europe or Asia, two old worlds equally devoid of ...

Hummingbirds can hover in place for minutes at a time, fly backward, and flap their wings up to 70 times per second. They also have bizarre courtship rituals. The details vary among species, but the ...

The last time I wrote about Anna’s hummingbirds, I wrote about their courtship displays. These birds are one of the earliest to begin nesting and males can now be seen performing their impossible ...

Berkeley -- The beeps, chirps and whistles made by some hummingbirds and thought to be vocal are actually created by the birds' tail feathers, according to a study by two students at the University of ...