Even though it doesn't taste salty if you drink it, the procedure adds about 28 milligrams of sodium to every 8 ounces of water. You don't want to add any sodium chloride to the nectar because it ...

Nature’s inventiveness knows no bounds. Consider the case of the nectar-drinking bat and the night-flowering vine whose lives intertwine in the lowland tropical forests of Central America.

Hummingbird bills—their long, thin beaks—look a little like drinking straws. The frenetic speed at which they get nectar out of flowers and backyard feeders may give the impression that the ...