Giant hummingbirds, known scientifically as Patagona gigas, hold the title of the largest member of the hummingbird family.
Researchers at the University of New Mexico have documented the extreme migration of giant hummingbirds, uncovering their ...
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Researchers with the University of New Mexico (UNM) have discovered where a new species of hummingbird travels after breeding ...
The giant hummingbird of western South America is not one species but two, an international group of researchers has found.
The new species, Eusirus carolinus, has a red body with yellow eyes, “deep red” claws and a “pale red” tail, according to the ...
One of the pandas being brought to the Smithsonian's National Zoo is the grandson of the pair that left the zoo in 2023.
Two giant pandas will move from China to Washington, D.C. with the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology ...
Perhaps “birdbrained” isn’t such an insult after all –– crows, the ubiquitous urban bird, can vocally count up to four, the ...
I have a stream in my yard, and I built it myself. I’m not particularly handy, and my urban backyard is tiny. But where there ...
Most high-country gardeners are aware of the risk of planting tomatoes outdoors too early in the season. It only takes one ...
Other zoos in the U.S. have pandas, like the one in Atlanta, though its four pandas are set to return to China this year. The ...