Fred Bassett, a certified master bird bander, holds a hummingbird so kids can feel its heartbeat during a banding demonstration Saturday in the South Hills. The bird’s heart rate is 350 beats a minute ...

Against all odds, have you managed to snap a photo of a hummingbird flitting about in the garden or visiting your feeder in the past couple of years? If so, we'd love to feature your ...

The smart bird feeder company gives you the chance to get up close and personal with the smallest birds around at CES 2023. Andrew Blok covered home energy, with a focus on solar, and navigated the ...

When I had a few days off at the beginning of July, I went to Middle Creek Wildlife Management area in search of hummingbirds. I’d taken pictures of hummingbirds before, but those were of a ...

Some species of hummingbird are adapting to urban life by undergoing evolutionary changes in their anatomy, influenced by the proliferation of artificial drinking fountains. According to some ...

What looks like an elaborate sequined mask on this male hummingbird could disappear the second he tilts his head. The throat and face feathers are iridescent—depending on the viewing angle, the ...

Hummingbirds with brightly colored feathers typical of males are harassed by other birds less frequently than those with drab female-colored feathers. Male coloring in one species of hummingbird gives ...