There's a particular kind of quiet that settles over a yard when the birds stop showing up the way they used to. Feeders that ...

The neurobiologist Erich Jarvis studies the few species capable of speech. He has long hoped to genetically engineer an ...

With the work it takes to raise a hummingbird family, females are typically scarce through the summer. But now, they're starting to appear.

Fourth of July is used as a rule-of-thumb date to mark the turning point — the high noon — of the natural year.

The Calliope hummingbird is a mighty flier! See what a Calliope hummingbird looks like, where to find the tiny birds, and how ...

Seen often on wires and fences in towns, the Northern often feeds on berries during the winter. Monotypic. Length 10". Sexes ...

Daniel Hipp is a dab hand at attracting hummingbirds, and can even get them to swoop by as he plays chess. Hipp’s video shows ...

Adding more hummingbirds to your yard might be easier than you think. It all starts with a splash of just the right color.

Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl; create a well in the center. Add banana, pineapple (with ...

The sweetness of frozen rum and banana is balanced by an edge from coffee liqueur and rum in our riff on the popular ...

A peaceful Illinois nature center turns a summer walk into a hummingbird show, with wildflowers, quiet trails, and tiny ...

From illustrated odes to underappreciated animals to a picture book inspired by a poetry icon, there is something here for ...