Not only can the lack of food make their blood sugar levels plummet, leaving them "weak and vulnerable to predators," they ...

While scientists were able to save and move some creatures in the aftermath, researchers are worried about the prospects for ...

If your yard is a haven for birds or if you have small pets, you might not want hawks hanging around. Here are some ways to ...

Mantis shrimp have remarkable colour vision. They have as many as 16 types of photoreceptor cone, compared with the three ...

People in northern climates are familiar with flocks of birds flying south in the winter, but why do they do it, and why ...

New research is providing insight into when torpor happens in some varieties of hummingbirds common to B.C. and how much the birds bulk up for migration.

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Hummingbirds are small but remarkably tough. Some species make migrations of more than 5,590 miles a year. Their journeys are ...

And these declining shark populations are bad for ecosystems, as these apex predators keep food webs in balance. Sharks help to keep fish populations healthy by weeding out sick and weak animals ...

Aim-listed gold miner Hummingbird Resources’ subsidiary in Mali has reached an agreement with that country’s government regarding operational parameters for the Yanfolila gold mine.