The whizzing wonder that is a hummingbird can quickly come to your yard if you give them good food sources, such as a feeder or pollinator-friendly flowers. If you've set out a hummingbird feeder full ...

How to attract more hummingbirds to your yard — the science reveals what colors they really like (and it’s not just red).

“I feel there is no way to avoid thinking of color when you think of hummingbirds”, said Gabriela Venable, who is the lead author of the newly published study of hummingbird color (ref). “We give them ...

When hummingbirds make decisions regarding food, evading predators or choosing a mate, they're influenced by the diverse colors they can see that are invisible to human eyes, according to a new study.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hummingbirds may be tiny, but they sure know how to make an entrance—and if you’ve ever spotted one darting toward a bright red ...

Yale ornithologist Richard Prum has spent years studying the molecules and nanostructures that give many bird species their rich colorful plumage, but nothing prepared him for what he found in ...