Witnessing the agile wing motion of a tiny hummingbird, radiant in color and unbelievably teeny in size, is nothing short of mesmerizing. Beyond their fascinating, fairy-like presence, hummingbirds ...

Hummingbirds are among the most beloved backyard birds with their tiny jewel-colored bodies. Luckily, attracting them doesn’t require a huge garden or specialized feeders. In fact, one of the easiest ...

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Native to North America, ...

Did you know hummingbirds visit up to 2,000 flowers a day in search of nectar? If you love to see these little birds flitting ...

This colorful hanging basket flower will have hummingbirds flocking to your yard.

From the brightly-colored and ubiquitous ruby-throated hummingbird to the more elusive, mountain-inhabiting calliope hummingbird, there are many of these tiny, fluttering birds that spend spring and ...

With trumpet-shaped blooms and tolerance to heat and drought, this flowering plant is beloved by hummingbirds due to its ...

Two biologists studying the lives of hummingbirds and flowers on Caribbean islands have discovered a remarkable example of animals and plants that evolve to meet each other's needs. The beaks of the ...

Gardens aren’t just for plants and people. Gardeners today have become far more accepting of toads, frogs, lizards, bees, spiders, squirrels, beneficial insects and other wildlife, appreciating the ...

The fit between flower and pollinator is key: Bats pollinate wide flowers better, while hummingbirds transfer more pollen between narrow flowers. Videotaping demonstrated that a poor fit fails to ...

Why do flowers specialize on different pollinators? For example, both bats and hummingbirds pollinate plants in tropical forests; why adapt to just one instead of using both? Biologists often assume ...