The COVID-19 pandemic was a shock to everyone when it ravaged the world in 2020, and forced many in Santa Monica and beyond to reconsider their health habits. Specifically, locals looked in the mirror ...

Hummingbirds are the high-performance athletes of the avian world. With heart rates topping 1,200 beats per minute, they are biological machines that require constant fueling. But according to a new ...

As bees and hummingbirds flit from flower to flower, greedily sipping nectar in exchange for pollination, the animals often get another treat: alcohol. In the first broad analysis of the alcohol ...

Hummingbird bills -- their long, thin beaks -- look a little like drinking straws. But new research shows just how little water, or nectar, that comparison holds. Scientists have discovered that the ...

Hummingbird bills — their long, thin beaks — look a little like drinking straws. The frenetic speed at which they get nectar out of flowers and backyard feeders may give the impression that the bills ...