“I feel there is no way to avoid thinking of color when you think of hummingbirds”, said Gabriela Venable, who is the lead author of the newly published study of hummingbird color (ref). “We give them ...

Though tiny and delicate, hummingbirds are keen at adapting to their environment — whether building a nest with a leaf as a roof or using their expert eyes to scout out their surroundings.

While humans possess three kinds of color-sensitive cones, birds have four. This is an Inside Science story. Hummingbirds can see colors humans can only imagine, an ability that now sheds light on an ...

Yale ornithologist Richard Prum has spent years working with students to understand the full range of colors in birds’ plumage. They use a model based on the range of colors birds can see, which ...

Did you know there's one color that will instantly invite more hummingbirds to your garden? Indeed, there's a reason that red shows up on just about every hummingbird feeder, and it's not just ...

Hummingbirds are some of the most brightly-colored things in the entire world. Their iridescent feathers reflect light in a way that other birds can't match, and scientists weren't sure what made ...

The human eye is able to see millions of colors, but thanks to a feature that humans don't have, hummingbirds are able to see millions more colors, a newly published study says. The research notes ...

The phrase “every color of the rainbow” isn’t quite as all-encompassing as it sounds. For one thing, the color chips in your hardware store’s paint aisle host some colors you’ll be hard-pressed to ...