The common swift may not have a fancy name, but these small birds are marvels of velocity. Regularly cruising around 110kph ...

Nature doesn’t try to impress us. It just exists, quietly doing strange, brilliant things whether we’re watching or not. We ...

LAKE JACKSON — Before kids leave the nest, they can create their own at the Xtreme Hummingbird Xtravaganza event at the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory. The independent non-profit organization is hosting ...

Each August, Alabama's skies turn into a highway for one of nature's tiniest long-distance travelers: the ruby-throated hummingbird. Sightings of the tiny, fluttering birds in the fall are at their ...

James Vancouver / Getty Images Rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) eating from flowers in a garden. When we see these birds they are typically migrating through Sonoma . (James Vancouver / Getty ...

With their quick-moving wings flapping up to 200 times a second while sometimes buzzing around and feasting on colorful flowers, hummingbirds can easily brighten a day. In addition to beauty, ...

If you’re quick, you may see a hummingbird flitting around your garden or possibly hovering as it sips nectar. These tiny birds are marvels for reasons beyond what you might already know. The most ...

Hummingbirds are back in Pennsylvania after their annual southern vacation, so you should be seeing these small birds flitting around the yard by now. Gardeners like hummingbirds not only for their ...

1. Komodo dragons can have so-called virgin births. As well as mating with males the species is parthenogenetic: in other words, the females can lay fertile eggs without any input from males. This ...

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 ...

Anna's hummingbirds seem to be thriving amid urbanization in California, even as other hummingbird species have declined due to human activity. VWPics / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Many ...

As the warmer spring weather moves into Iowa, so are the hummingbirds. Hummingbird Central, a website where people can share sightings, has dozens of ruby-throated hummingbird reports across Iowa.