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.

Hummingbirds like the broad-tailed, black-chinned, rufous, and calliope varieties arrive in the mountainous West in spring ...

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

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 ...

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

Sometimes nature surprises us with extraordinary products of evolution. One prime example is the extraordinary sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera). These relatively small birds have carved a ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

Hummingbirds are famous for their quick speeds, but are also adorable when resting. Read here to learn about a snoring hummingbird.