Though famous for their mid-air hovering during hunting, tiny hummingbirds have another trait that is literally telltale: males of some hummingbird species generate loud sounds with their tail ...

You already know that hummingbirds are amazing animals — they can hover in place for minutes at a time, fly backwards at will, and flap their buzzing wings up to 70 times per second. But how much do ...

Though famous for their mid-air hovering during hunting, tiny hummingbirds have another trait that is literally telltale: males of some hummingbird species generate loud sounds with their tail ...

Many of the world's smallest hummingbirds, including the West Coast's Anna's and the East Coast's ruby-throated, execute display dives to seduce females and drive away intruders. A characteristic ...

Birds have evolved some very strange features and behaviors in order to woo mates. Birds-of-paradise feathers are a natural vantablack. Bowerbirds build elaborate and colorful nests. And it seems that ...

One of the first signs of spring are the sounds of birds chirping in search of food, nesting grounds, and a potential mate. But sometimes those bird calls aren’t coming from the source you’d expect.

Rather than singing to their mates, Costa's hummingbird males court females with musical, high-speed dives. Their "song" is produced as the wind whistles through their tail feathers. Now, researchers ...

Hummingbirds are about to make their annual spring migration up the East Coast, meaning birdwatchers will soon be able to attract, feed and gaze at the wildly colorful bird. "Ruby-throats arrive in ...

A week ago I heard the familiar sound on hummingbird wings while filling bird feeders on our back porch. It happened so fast I had to quickly scan the area and found a female ruby-throated hummingbird ...

Ruby-throated hummingbirds are in the midst of their collective mid-spring migration north, meaning bird-watchers in Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania will soon be able to observe the ...