Hummingbirds are fighters. While their needle-like bills help the tiny birds slurp up nectar inside flowers, the appendages serve a dual purpose: to joust with others over food and mates. Now, a new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A green hermit hummingbird in Costa Rica. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) The iridescent green hermit hummingbird is known for its ...

Hummingbirds generally evoke thoughts of warm weather and summer. Mostly, that would be correct, but the times, they are a-changin’. Of the 16 hummingbird species that nest in the U.S., only one ...

Hummingbirds often seem gentle from a distance. A closer look tells a different story. Life in the forest pushes each bird to compete, react fast, and make sharp choices. Many hummingbird species ...

The temperature the morning I wrote this column was 30 degrees and the three hummingbird feeders I still have out were partially frozen. To most people, it seems strange to expect to see a hummingbird ...

One recent night David told me to come look at the deck door because there were two insects mating on it. It turned out that they were northern walkingsticks, although I have no idea why they chose to ...

Red valerian, also known as Jupiter's Beard, is a low-maintenance plant that attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. The plant's bright color and tubular shape provide ideal feeding conditions for ...

One of the many signs of fall, aside from the chilling temperatures and the changing colors of the leaves, is the departure of New Jersey's beloved hummingbirds as they begin their annual migration to ...

Multiple rare white hummingbirds have recently been spotted in Mississippi during the fall migration. There are three types of white hummingbirds: albino, leucistic, and pied, each with different ...

Fall is nearly here in Michigan and hummingbirds are already making their trek southward for winter. A digital map from Hummingbird Central offers a chance to track hummingbird sightings across ...