A hummingbird moth can easily be mistaken for a hummingbird because it looks and acts similar. Learn what makes these sphinx ...

当你看到这样一种动物，它外观、大小与蜂鸟相似，以与蜂鸟同频的高速振翅在百花丛中快速穿行，时不时悬停在花朵旁，用长长的嘴巴吃花蜜，你肯定会想，这不是蜂鸟是什么？ 蜂鸟 ...

Goetze: It isn’t unusual for common names of animals to reflect characteristics of other unrelated groups or types within the ...

The male ruby-throated hummingbird does indeed have a striking red throat, though the female of the species does not. You would have to look quickly to see either, however, as these speedy little ...

It is part of the life cycle of the 5mm white-speckled smoke moth and was picked out at the Giant's Causeway. It had woven itself a protective case of silk and attached materials from its ...

A new species of moth was found in a home in south Wales after travelling thousands of miles in a photographer's boot bag. Two clearwing moths appear to have hitched a ride when they were larvae ...

Everyone loves to watch hummingbirds — tiny, brightly colored blurs that dart about, hovering at flowers and pugnaciously defending their ownership of a feeder. But to the scientists who study ...

A curious sound drew Thomas to this hummingbird hawkmoth. He watched as it hovered in front of each salvia flower and drank the nectar using its long, straw-like proboscis. Framing the fast-moving ...

But high-speed cameras show us what makes these birds perfect flying machines. A captive Anna’s hummingbird feeds while hovering before an optical illusion in a reenactment of an experiment that ...

The blitz is on to find people who want to make a buzz finding the pollinators, such as bees, butterflies and birds, that ...

Time to mix up the nectar and fill those hummingbird feeders — those tiny flying jewels have arrived in Louisiana. Hundreds of ruby-throated hummingbirds are beginning to gather around feeders ...