Male broad-tailed hummingbirds sync speed, sound, and flashing colors in a 300-millisecond dive that dazzles females during ...

Known for being beautiful and fast, Hummingbirds are among the world’s smallest birds. The largest of these jewel-toned beauties weighs less than one ounce. Hummingbirds have the most rapid wing beats ...

I’ve been noticing more than one ruby-throated hummingbird at my feeder recently. Two, sometimes even three, sharing the feeder. None of these have the ruby-throat of an adult male. So, these are ...

In many bird species, males are easy to spot because of their bright, beautiful plumage. When the sexes diverge in coloring, females often have drabber colors. In one type of hummingbird, these color ...

Let's get one thing out of the way: All hummingbirds fight. Most species fight for food, using their tiny bodies and sharp ...

Some female hummingbirds know how to avoid the attention of aggressive males, biologists say: The girls have developed feathers that make them the spitting image of boys. Researchers studying the ...

Around 20 percent of female white-necked jacobins have evolved to share the vibrant plumage characteristic of males. sam may via Flickr under [CC BY 2.0] Female hummingbirds are ditching their drab ...

We all love watching hummingbirds dart around the garden. Their dazzling feats and fancies are just spectacular! But have you ever wondered whether that tiny blur of color is a male or a female? It’s ...

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Some female birds are dressed to the nines – yet oddly interact less with others. Brightly colored feathers may be the key for these female hummingbirds to avoid physical fights with others of their ...