A hummingbird gorget is a strange sounding word for shimmering feathers that catch the light. Learn more about these colorful ...

If you're lucky enough to be visited by hummingbirds, you've probably spent many a moment marveling at them as they go about their busy lives. And who could blame you? They are some of the animal ...

Hummingbirds are on the move back to the United States after spending the winter in Mexico and Central America. Here's how close they are to you.

Everyone loves to watch hummingbirds—tiny, brightly colored blurs that dart about, hovering at flowers and pugnaciously defending their ownership of a feeder. But to the scientists who study them, ...

The hummingbirds are on their way back to Rhode Island – though it will still be awhile until it's time to put out your feeders. The ruby-throated hummingbird is the only species that breeds in the ...

An expert shares when to put out hummingbird feeders after winter. Get dates for the Midwest, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, ...

Anyone who has seen a hummingbird poking her beak deep into a trumpet creeper blossom, or a honeyeater using its brush-tipped ...

The hummingbirds are almost back to Massachusetts. The ruby-throated hummingbird is the only species that breeds in the Bay State. While they're tiny - they weigh less than a nickel – they make a huge ...

It is a little past 6:30 in the morning on Whidbey Island, in Washington’s Puget Sound, and despite the earliness of the hour and wretchedness of the weather, Dan Harville is admiring the torch lilies ...

A Steamboat Springs resident for 52 years and a retired middle school science teacher, Winston Walker is among many hummingbird enthusiasts who are paying close attention to the flashy hummers at ...