In a cute first, a curious observation led to a sweet and thrilling discovery of a caterpillar-like hummingbird with hairs that can even hurt humans if touched! Jay Falk, a U.S. National Science ...

A baby hummingbird might have a special way of warding off predators, which threaten tropical hummingbird species in infancy. Baby White-necked jacobins (Florisuga mellivora) in Panama seem to pretend ...

A baby hummingbird, half the size of most people’s pinky fingers, will be released Monday just a month after its rescue from a Sunshine Coast barge. Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C. staff were ...

The white-necked jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) is a jewel-toned hummingbird found in the neotropical lowlands of South America and the Caribbean. It shimmers blue and green in the sunlight as it flits ...

Catching sight of a tiny, colorful hummingbird can be a truly magnificent spectacle. Named after the noise their wings make during flight, hummingbirds can frequently be seen hovering over flowers and ...

Most hummingbird babies are born naked. But one day, during the spring of 2024, when bird biologists Jay Falk and Scott Taylor, this white-necked jacobin hummingbird baby seemed to be covered in big ...

Three hummingbirds were recently brought into SPCA Monterey County. The agency said every year, it cares for hundreds of nestlings. The birds are often orphaned when people trimming trees cut down ...

A baby hummingbird is getting a new lease on life. The little bird was found kicked out of the nest and nearly dead on the ground, the Sacramento Fire Department said. The department posted a Facebook ...

Caroline Davies has spent more time than usual outside since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Working from her north Phoenix home, she'll take walks along the nearby canal as a break, ...