Catching sight of a tiny, colorful hummingbird can be a truly magnificent spectacle. Named after the noise their wings make during flight, hummingbirds can frequently be seen hovering over flowers and ...

Look for a ruby-throated hummingbird in eastern states in summer. See what males and females look like and learn how to feed ...

Baby hummingbird pondering life at Point Defiance. “I am one of the lightest birds in the sky, yet I am also one of the fastest. I am tiny, but I can fly a very long way. I am mostly made of air, like ...

A baby hummingbird might have a special way of warding off predators, which threaten tropical hummingbird species in infancy. Baby White-necked jacobins (Florisuga mellivora) in Panama seem to pretend ...

Learn what a Calliope hummingbird looks like, where to find these tiny birds in the U.S., and how to attract them.

The white-necked jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) is a jewel-toned hummingbird found in the neotropical lowlands of South America and the Caribbean. It shimmers blue and green in the sunlight as it flits ...

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego firefighters put their lifesaving skills to work on one of their tiniest patients. They found an injured baby hummingbird at the base of a tree in their station parking lot and ...

A baby hummingbird hatches. But it has fluffy feathers on its back, looking just like a dangerous caterpillar. Could this be something unusual among hummingbirds? Rosannette Quesada Hidalgo Some ...