Like many other pollinators some hummingbird species are at risk due to habitat loss and changes in the abundance and timing of nectar plants. On National Hummingbird Day, Sept. 5, (or any day) you ...

Claudio Mello was conducting research in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest about 20 years ago when he heard a curious sound. It was high-pitched and reedy, like a pin scratching metal. A cricket? A tree frog?

HENDERSON — On a rainy day in Henderson, the garden buzzed with more than just the sound of falling raindrops — tiny hummingbirds darted between blooms at the Hummingbird Garden in Bender Park, ...