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Hummingbirds may be tiny, but their behavior often surprises people who expect them to be gentle and easygoing. Instead of peaceful and laidback, these colorful birds can appear bold, feisty, and ...

Not all brightly colored birds are in the tropics. The U.S. has its own fair share of colorful avian friends and you can even ...

If you want to start a spirited but friendly argument between birders, just ask a group to identify a rufous or an Allen’s hummingbird. You might as well send out for food, because the debate could ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: Perennials: Hummingbird fuchsia (Fuchsia magellanica) never stops blooming. As long as you live in a frost-free zone, you can grow it and although it may ...

What Does a Ruby-Throated Hummingbird Look Like? The male ruby-throated hummingbird steals the show with a green body and ruby red throat that glistens like jewels in the sunlight. Its vibrant green ...

Yale ornithologist Richard Prum has spent years studying the molecules and nanostructures that give many bird species their rich colorful plumage, but nothing prepared him for what he found in ...

It’s the only hummingbird species that calls Kentucky and the Eastern U.S. home, and it’s steadily migrating north as the temperatures warm and spring draws ever closer. The ruby-throated hummingbird ...