YANACOCHA RESERVE, Ecuador (AP) — Deep in the Ecuadorian Andes, an ancient forest stands as a final sanctuary against the ...

The concern is that many fewer ruby-throated hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) have been seen recently. You must be logged ...

A new study underscores the importance of conservation for the region’s “Five Great Forests,” which support nearly half of ...

When people think about habitats on Earth, they likely picture forests, oceans or grasslands. Few think to look up. Yet the lower atmosphere, or troposphere, may be the largest habitat on the planet.

There’s no mistaking the dizzying display of a hummingbird’s wings as it zips around from flower to flower looking for nectar. But often, that same frantic action is used to chase other hummingbirds.

The temperature the morning I wrote this column was 30 degrees and the three hummingbird feeders I still have out were partially frozen. To most people, it seems strange to expect to see a hummingbird ...

The birds are on the move. In flocks so think they look like a "storm" cluster on your weather radar, the birds, including hummingbirds, are moving for their annual fall migration. Most of the ...

Millions of birds are expected to fly over the U.S. to reach their migratory destinations, and a sizeable fraction of them will pass through Michigan after the sun goes down on Sept. 29. Late on ...