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 ...

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 ...

You probably know that hummingbirds can hover, if you've ever watched them feed. But these tiny pollinators lead fascinating ...

Male Costa's hummingbirds have evolved a clever strategy to earn the attention of females. Researchers found that the hummingbirds have learned to dive in ways that manipulate their female ...

This ScienceLives article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. The sexy zip of a male hummingbird as it dives is made not by its voice, but with its special ...

Nothing gets your attention as fast as a smoke alarm — especially when it wants its batteries changed. I’ve always hated that nagging beeping, but it has become less annoying now that I associate it ...

A Yale University zoologist has used a laser vibrometer and high speed videos from a wind tunnel to work out how the hummingbird makes its famous hum, and found that ...

The chirps and beeps of hummingbirds at times come from their tails. Male Anna's hummingbirds — the West Coast's most common hummingbird — perform spectacular dive-bomber displays for females during ...

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 ...