When a hummingbird needs to preserve its energy, particularly if food is scarce, it will enter into a state called torpor. It ...

Hummingbirdcentral.com, a website created by "backyard birding enthusiasts," has shared an interactive map of hummingbird sightings nationwide. The site says they usually track the birds migration ...

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 ...

Sightings of the tiny, fluttering birds have been seen as far south as Mobile, according to Hummingbird Centrals interactive migration map. Based on past patterns, hummingbirds usually make their ...

They can also help to provide the birds with shelter and a place to nest. "Most hummingbird flowers are tubular in arrangement or shape, scentless, brightly colored, and easy for hummingbirds to ...