Louise Barton, a graduate student in ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado Boulder, was not in her cave when I bumped into her in South Africa in February. She was standing at ...

In March of 1982, during my college spring break, I flew to California to visit a friend. I had never been out west, and being interested in biology, I wanted to see the desert. Steve, who was very ...

Researchers have created a tiny robotic hummingbird that flies in the same way as the real thing thanks to artificial intelligence. Engineers at Purdue University in Indiana developed simulations of ...

A California-based company has developed a pocket-size spy plane resembling a hummingbird for the Pentagon that can enter through a window to be used for battlefield and urban surveillance. BOSTON: A ...

A tiny hummingbird can fly more than 1,300 miles without a break during its marathon migration, a study shows. The annual autumn journey of the tiny Ruby-throated hummingbird from the east coast of ...

Hummingbirds are famous for their acrobatic flying, especially being the only birds that can fly backward, but they are fast and have endurance, too. Last week, after my article about the departure of ...

In flight, the hovering hummingbird is more like a insect than a bird. Most most birds only create lift when they flap downwards. But the hummingbird, by flipping its wing before it flaps upwards, can ...

Ruby-throated hummingbirds are among some of the most incredible migrating animals, traveling hundreds of miles in a single flight.

The hummingbird must have been desperate. Last Thursday evening, as the temperature sank into the teens and freezing rain coated the Portland area in a layer of ice, a hummingbird flew into my house.

In flight, the hovering hummingbird is more like a insect than a bird. Most most birds only create lift when they flap downwards. But the hummingbird, by flipping its wing before it flaps upwards, can ...