Hummingbirds can drop their internal temperature, inducing a temporary state of torpor, which means they need less energy, ...

While much excitement awaits them for an energetic lifestyle, survival depends equally on a rather singular adaptation known ...

Shankar is now studying which parts of their physiology hummingbirds prioritize during torpor, by looking to see which gene products they can’t do without. “If you’re a hummingbird ...

But high-speed cameras show us what makes these birds perfect flying machines. A captive Anna’s hummingbird feeds while hovering before an optical illusion in a reenactment of an experiment that ...

Hummingbirds use the hibernation-like state of torpor in varying ways, depending on their physical condition and what is happening in their environment, according to new research from Washington ...

The male ruby-throated hummingbird does indeed have a striking red throat, though the female of the species does not. You would have to look quickly to see either, however, as these speedy little ...

Hummingbirds migrate from the United States ... "because when in hibernation the bird goes into a torpor from which it requires several hours to wake up. This inability to respond quickly to ...

The hummingbird study that Tom Smith and Chris Schneider are conducting in Ecuador is part of a much larger research program spanning three continents. Evolutionary biologists are fanning out and ...

A Mississippi woman was experiencing an exceptional fall migration of hummingbirds with far more zooming around her feeders than in years past, but when a white hummingbird showed up it became an ...

There’s the real world in which there are bullies, aggressors and perpetrators… and the proper response to them. And then there’s the fake world of arrogant entitlement, a world in which right and ...

Awards in 2021, Pearce makes the artistic case for her position on her latest album, “Hummingbird,” a thoroughly down-home affair full of fiddle-laced tunes about love, home and whiskey.