Many birds sing to woo females, but some hummingbirds go to great lengths to do so. They climb to between 5 and 40 metres before plummeting past perched females in death-defying dives. They pull up at ...

Male Costa's hummingbirds perform a high-speed dive during which they 'sing' to potential mates using their tail feathers. Males perform their dives to the side, rather than in front of females. UC ...

Like humans, hummingbirds are vocal learners: they can adapt their vocalizations by listening to others. Vocal learning might have evolved from the ability to learn movements from others. If this is ...

Wild hummingbirds have plenty of thoughts of food despite their minuscule brains, say researchers who note that the tiny birds' "episodic" memory for nectar feedings is so exact that it's unique among ...