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Extend your itinerary beyond Peru’s classic sights to discover ancient temples, mermaid-cursed waterfalls and some of the globe’s finest high-altitude trekking.

The green hermit hummingbird, which lives primarily in mountain forests of Central and South America, fights to win a mate.

Imagine flying high above the sun-drenched plains of southern Peru where the land is a canvas for ancient puzzles or riddles. Carved into the desert floor are massive drawings of, among other things, ...

Here at Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, we are getting ready for our annual Xtreme Hummingbird Xtravaganza on Sept. 13 and 20. The fall ruby-throated hummingbird migration has already begun, so we’ve ...

James Vancouver / Getty Images Rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) eating from flowers in a garden. When we see these birds they are typically migrating through Sonoma . (James Vancouver / Getty ...

Step into your yard at dawn in Sonoma County, breathe in deep, and you’ll sense magic. That unmistakable buzz — the whisper of tiny wings cutting through morning air — reveals you’re sharing space ...

With their quick-moving wings flapping up to 200 times a second while sometimes buzzing around and feasting on colorful flowers, hummingbirds can easily brighten a day. In addition to beauty, ...

If you’re quick, you may see a hummingbird flitting around your garden or possibly hovering as it sips nectar. These tiny birds are marvels for reasons beyond what you might already know. The most ...

1. Komodo dragons can have so-called virgin births. As well as mating with males the species is parthenogenetic: in other words, the females can lay fertile eggs without any input from males. This ...

These living jewels in our gardens give us the joy of watching them in their pursuit of life: drinking nectar from flowers or feeders, nabbing an insect in the air, chasing another hummingbird from ...