This vibrant flower usually grows in purple or blue shades and is perfect for attracting hummingbirds to your yard. Better ...

Mr. Cañas-Valle’s discovery, described in the journal Ornithology in November, may be the first documented example of ...

We hypothesize that flower mites may use the electrostatic attraction between the mite and the hummingbird’s beak to aid transportation. Here a flower mite is attracted to an electrode charged ...

If you want to attract hummingbirds to your yard in the warmer months, don't overlook woodland pinkroot (Spigelia marilandica) when you plant your hummingbird-friendly garden. The deep red, tubular ...

This year's Great Plant Picks theme will have you dreaming about a lively year-round pollinator paradise filled with bees, ...

Tiny mites seem capable of relying on the power of static cling to hop into hummingbird nostrils and move between flowers. By Douglas Main Flower mites spend their lives slurping nectar and ...

Blurred focus of a ruby-throated hummingbird flying through a garden - Dansphotoart On Flickr/Getty Images ...

Mites who hitchhike on the beaks of hummingbirds use a surprising method to help them on their journey: electricity. These hummingbird flower mites feed on nectar and live within specific flowers ...

When the hummingbird pauses to draw sugary fuel from the flowers, his wings continue to ... At the moment we’re watching a green dot jiggle around on the screen, an indicator that the ...

Hummingbirds are perhaps our best-loved birds, but there’s a lot that people don’t know about them. What kinds of ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...