It's the time of year when scientific organizations take a look back at some of the most amazing new animals, plants, fungi and other species they discovered in the past 12 months. "Finding and ...

Soldiering through nightly suspended animation, a (nearly) all-sugar diet, backwards flight and long migrations, the birds’ tiny physiques prove mighty. By Bob Holmes / Knowable Magazine Published Sep ...

Jessie Williamson, an assistant professor in the UW Department of Zoology and Physiology, takes a pollen sample from a northern giant hummingbird (Patagona peruviana) during research in Peru.

Everyone loves to watch hummingbirds—tiny, brightly colored blurs that dart about, hovering at flowers and pugnaciously defending their ownership of a feeder. But to the scientists who study them, ...

MAKANDA — Giant City State Park is hosting two programs on how to attract hummingbirds and navigate the woods in the coming weeks. Attracting Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds: 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, March ...

Hummingbirds are among the most important parts of their ecosystems, but they're also some of the trickiest to track. Now, ...