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 ...

There’s no mistaking the dizzying display of a hummingbird’s wings as it zips around from flower to flower looking for nectar ...

Birds have been inspiring drones for years, but the hummingbird is particularly agile – its ability to hover and make sharp turns could teach drones a thing or two. Now researchers at Purdue ...

Established in 1999, the Resilience Alliance is an international, multidisciplinary research organization that explores the dynamics of social-ecological systems. RA members collaborate across ...

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 ...

What Does a Violet-Crowned Hummingbird Look Like? Both male and female violet-crowned hummingbirds measure about 4 inches with snowy white underparts. No other U.S. hummingbird shares the starkly ...

Princeton senior Cole Morokhovich still marvels at the possibility that his academic path may have come down to one five-minute window. Having come to Princeton with a focus on pre-medicine, he had ...

We have had three Ruby-throated Hummingbirds at our sugar-water feeder for the past month. We've seen three individuals at the same time, thus our count. We might instead have more, with individuals ...

When a caterpillar disguises itself as a snake to ward off potential predators, it should probably expect to be treated like one. These moths -- sometimes called the dead-leaf moth or the Costa Rica ...

In a 26-minute standoff, a snake-mimicking caterpillar was unable to feed during attacks from a nest-defending hummingbird. (Video provided by James Marden) When a caterpillar disguises itself as a ...