The hummingbird is named after its pleasant humming sound when it hovers in front of flowers to feed. But only now has it become clear how the wing generates the hummingbird's namesake sound when it ...

Birds, although they have larynges, use a different organ to sing. Called a syrinx, it's a uniquely avian feature. Now, a team that brings together physics, biology, computation and engineering finds ...

John J. Audubon described the ruby-throated hummingbird as a “glittering fragment of the rainbow.” Weighing less than a penny, these tiny birds are astonishing. Hummingbirds fly between 30 and 60 ...

Nature photographer Kim Michaels discovered a hummingbird nest quite by accident one chilly February morning while on a bike trail in Laguna Niguel. “I heard the sounds of male hummingbirds that were ...

Researchers observed hummingbirds using 12 high-speed cameras, 6 pressure plates and 2176 microphones. The soft and complex feathered wings generate sound in a fashion similar to how the simpler wings ...