As gardens burst into color in May, hummingbirds start their search for nectar-rich blooms. These winged pollinators are ...

If you’re looking to turn your backyard into a hummingbird hotspot, you don’t have to stick to the traditional “red only” ...

Combine 1 part refined white sugar with 4 parts warm tap water in a pot. Bring the mixture to a full boil (which kills any ...

Here are some native plants that will bring hummingbirds – and their hefty appetites – to your yard, from the Michigan ...

Discover how to grow these five red flowers for hummingbirds and butterflies. These pollinators are attracted to fiery hues, ...

Few sights in a backyard garden are as magical as a hummingbird hovering mid-air, its iridescent feathers catching the light as it dips into a bloom. These tiny, fast-moving birds are drawn to ...

Looking for a flower that's a monarch magnet? How about an easy-to-grow tomato? A fancy new dahlia? We asked the local plant ...

Some pollinators not only provide fertilization services for flowering plants, they also lay their eggs on the plants' leaves after they have visited the flowers. Voracious caterpillars hatch from ...

To make sure that flying pollinators come to flowers to pick up pollen, plants evolved special organs, the nectaries, to attract the animals. Scientists have now identified the sugar transporter that ...

Flowers usually expend their energy on making themselves bright and colorful. They bleach themselves white to stand out against dark leaves, or they deck themselves out in colorful patterns, but the ...

Aug. 21 (UPI) --New research has found that nectar plays a different role than previously thought -- by acting as the ultimate weapon of distraction for flowers. Nectar is the honey produced by ...

A couple of cheeseburgers, several bags of sour cream-and-cheddar potato chips, and a whole bunch of Graeter’s ice cream. By my unscientific calculations, that’s what a human would need to consume to ...