The world’s largest hummingbird has been hiding in plain sight for centuries — and scientists only discovered the species is distinct from another giant species after attaching tiny backpacks ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Researchers from the University of New Mexico documented the world’s largest hummingbird’s extreme ...

The Giant Hummingbird of western South America is not one species but two, according to an international group of researchers. The northern population stays in the high Andes year-round while the ...

A remarkable fossil finding in Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe has led to a new dinosaur species being named by researchers: Musankwa sanyatiensis. The fossilized remains of the species' single hind leg ...

TRAVIS: Oh, great. After six months of panda-less bliss, the National Zoo is getting two more of these giant raccoon galoots — named Bao Li and Qing Bao — for tourists to gawk at as they do ...

Washington's National Zoo is preparing to welcome a pair of new giant pandas by the end of the year about six months after it sent its three pandas back to China. The Smithsonian's National Zoo ...

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Now, new research has revealed that there are two distinct species of giant hummingbird in South America — the northern giant hummingbird that lives year-round in the Andes, and the migratory ...