Scientists tried for years to understand how a hummingbird tongue and beak works. Discover the fascinating ways these tiny ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Hummingbird bills -- their long, thin beaks -- look a little like drinking straws. But new research shows just how little water, or nectar, that comparison holds. Scientists have discovered that the ...

A new study suggests that Anna's Hummingbirds in the western United States are not only keeping up with human influence on their habitat, they're thriving. According to a recent study in Global Change ...

A hummingbird moth can easily be mistaken for a hummingbird because it looks and acts similar. Learn what makes these sphinx ...

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 ...

Alejandro Rico-Guevara remembers when he first realized he was a hummingbird guy, not like an "I fill my hummingbird feeder every week" type of guy, but an “I want to know everything about these birds ...

Excerpted from Armadillos to Ziziphus: A Naturalist in the Texas Hill Country by David Hillis, © 2023, published with permission from the University of Texas Press ...