Every morning, a hummingbird visits the same plant on the same schedule, and researchers now think that routine might be doing something far more strategic than saving the bird a few seconds of ...

The death of a hummingbird used in research has landed UC Riverside in hot water with the federal government for a third time in three years over evidence of animal welfare abuses. The U.S. Department ...

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Hummingbirds are captivating animals, not only because of their incredibly fast wingbeats, but also because they have one of the highest-known metabolisms of any other animal on Earth. Having such a ...

In a recent study of hummingbird behavior, The Company of Biologists, a UK-based company, recently found that certain species of hummingbirds experience torpid behaviors more frequently and a drop in ...

Animals all face the same challenges: finding enough to eat and surviving long enough to pass on their genes. While there are endless ways Nature has addressed these challenges, it sometimes arrives ...

A hummingbird's death just two days after being taken from the wild is bringing renewed scrutiny to the University of California, Riverside, as The Press-Enterprise reports. It is also the school's ...