The hardy fuchsia is adapted for hummingbird pollination in a variety of ways. The bird is drawn to its red sepals, and the positioning of its pendulous flowers allows the bird, which can consume ...

But beyond their beauty, these birds also play a vital role in pollination – helping plants flourish and adding to the biodiversity of your garden. So, creating a hummingbird-friendly yard is ...

With their bright colors and tiny but mighty personalities, it's a joy to have hummingbirds around. And the secret to ...

The slow motion footage and images here capture the catapult-like mechanism of a Hypenea macrantha flower when a the bill of a hummingbird's skull is inserted. It clearly shows how the explosive ...

During this floral feeding process, the birds pollinate many plants. These tiny birds are omnivores, sometimes feeding on insects and spiders. An adult ruby-throated hummingbird may eat twice its ...

Pollen grains marked with quantum dots on the bill of a hummingbird (skull). This is being viewed under a UV light source. The grains were placed by us un the bill and counted (only the grains ...

The big red sage, a rare Texas wildflower native to the Edwards Plateau, was proposed for endangered species protections Friday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Once presumed extinct, the ...