Perennials are plants and flowers that grow and bloom over the spring and summer, die every autumn and winter and then grow ...

One of the best tools for hummingbird tracking is through banding, which involves placing a numbered metal ring on a bird’s ...

And if sheer volume of hummingbirds is the experience you’re after, the migration of the country’s sole eastern species, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird, is also spectacular. To catch Ruby-throats on ...

From Alaska across southern Canada all the way south to Tierra del Fuego — the southernmost point of South America — ...

The dazzling diversity of hummingbirds in the West is largely thanks to the region’s varied, mountainous terrain and ...

At night, the ruby-throated hummingbird’s heart rate can slow to 50 beats per minute, and during flight it can soar to more than 1,200 beats per minute. Why such a high heart rate? They have the ...

This female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird takes a break from her nesting duties to grab a few sips of nectar before dashing off. Just a reminder that hummingbird feeders need to be cleaned and ...

Abuzz about hummingbirds A store credit will get me every time. Seeing the balance on a gift card, or refund on Amazon, feels like free money even though it’s not. Those 28 bucks from an online garden ...

The flash of a tiny bird darting through your backyard—iridescent green, a throat like a jewel, wings buzzing like a ...

Visits to one of Arizona’s most intact ghost towns will soon be a thing of the past. After more than 30 years of welcoming tourists, the private owners of Ruby will permanently close the ...