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 ...

You already know that hummingbirds are amazing animals — they can hover in place for minutes at a time, fly backwards at will, and flap their buzzing wings up to 70 times per second. But how much do ...

Have you ever imagined what the world must look like to hummingbirds as they zoom about at speeds of up to 60 miles per hour? According to new evidence on the way the hummingbird brain processes ...

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 ...

Males of some hummingbird species may have evolved to be smaller than their female counterparts because it allows them to put on more impressive courtship displays. Sexual dimorphism – where the sexes ...