Hummingbirds apparently adjust their use of torpor to wake up in the morning with a minimum fat reserve that allows for survival on a day-to-day basis in an uncertain environment. The research ...

The majestic Hummingbird, known for their rapid wingbeats, agility, and near-constant need for nectar. With their frantic, ...

Lead researcher Shayne Halter said new research is an early step in better understanding how hummingbirds use their energy ...

To buffer against these challenges, hummingbirds use a process called torpor, a sort of overnight hibernation. In new research published this week, Shayne R. Halter, a Ph.D. candidate at The ...

Hummingbirds are small but remarkably tough. Some species make migrations of more than 5,590 miles a year. Their journeys are ...

New research is providing insight into when torpor happens in some varieties of hummingbirds common to B.C. and how much the birds bulk up for migration.

For birds the size of hummingbirds to survive 15-degree weather is likely nothing short of amazing to many people, but in ...

But rather than killing them, the process known as torpor allows the tiny hummingbirds to conserve enough energy to survive between meals. New research is providing insight into when torpor ...

"Hummingbirds have a special adaptation called torpor which is like a mini hibernation," Routledge said. "When it gets below a certain temperature, they go into torpor." Routledge said while in ...