Hummingbirds make bromeliad plants split into new species twice as fast as other pollinators do, scientists at the University ...

The death of a hummingbird used in research has landed UC Riverside in hot water with the federal government for a third time in three years over evidence of animal welfare abuses. The U.S. Department ...

Hummingbird pollination helped pineapples and other bromeliads evolve into one of the world's most diverse plant families.

High above the rainforest floor, tiny ponds form in the leaves of plants perched on tree branches. Frogs breed in these ponds ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

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, ...

New research led by the University of Washington found that hummingbirds may take a similar approach. It's been known for some time that some—but not all—female white-necked jacobin hummingbirds take ...

SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (KGUN — Thousands of bird watchers visit southern Arizona because of the hard to find species that visit the area, which is why the City of Sierra Vista decided to celebrate their ...

Carlos Martinez del Rio, professor emeritus in the UW Department of Zoology and Physiology, was part of a study that investigated how hummingbirds use torpor, a sort of overnight hibernation, during ...

Once you hear it, the sound becomes an iconic multifaceted auditory image. And that sound would be the whirring hum of ...