Relying on the principles of game theory and incorporating previously collected behavioral data, the researchers developed a model of hummingbird behavior to better understand how some birds choose ...

When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama’s dense rainforest, the bird biologists didn’t know what they were looking at. The day-old bird, smaller ...

In a recent study of hummingbird behavior, The Company of Biologists, a UK-based company, recently found that certain species of hummingbirds experience torpid behaviors more frequently and a drop in ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – An NMSU professor and alumnus are studying the science of human behavior by researching hummingbirds. A Department of Biology professor and a former student wanted to know ...

At first, I didn't know what I was seeing — a tiny blur at the edge of a bush in Seattle's Wedgwood neighborhood, from which emitted a dramatic, high-pitched scream. Then the scene became clear: Two ...

As of May 2026, the spring migration of hummingbirds is well underway, with the Broad-tailed Hummingbird reaching its breeding grounds in the western United States. While these vibrant birds are a ...

If you want to know what makes hummingbirds tick, it's best to avoid most poetry about them. Whither? Probably off to have a bloodcurdling fight, that's whither. John Vance Cheney wrote that verse, ...