Hummingbirds, unique to the Americas, boast diverse adaptations. The sword-billed hummingbird's beak exceeds its body length, while the long-tailed sylph flaunts extravagant tail streamers for ...

The SPCA of Monterey County want help protecting their smallest residents. On Tuesday, the California rescue posted a warning on Facebook to bird lovers. "Hummingbird nests are tiny, about the size of ...

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The nests are only about the size of a golf ball. Sometimes the babies are reunited with their parents, but often they'll be brought to the shelter for care until they can be released back into the ...

Chances are, you've been lucky enough to see a hummingbird in the wild. Given their size, their ultra-fast wing speed (which has to burn some serious energy), you might not imagine that hummingbird ...

Bill shape affects how efficiently a hummingbird feeds and how it competes with other hummingbirds. Because of humans, they ...

When it comes to fuel efficiency, bigger is better for hummingbirds, a new study by researchers at the University of Toronto has found. “We found that larger hummingbirds are more fuel efficient than ...

A new U of T Scarborough study has found that when it comes to fuel efficiency, bigger is better for hummingbirds. "In animals body size plays an important role in figuring out the amount of energy ...