With their bright colors and tiny but mighty personalities, it's a joy to have hummingbirds around. And the secret to ...

Their small size and blazing metabolism mean they live life on a knife-edge, sometimes needing to shut down their bodies ...

To our eyes, they often are a blur. But high-speed cameras show us what makes these birds perfect flying machines. A captive Anna’s hummingbird feeds while hovering before an optical illusion in ...

Soldiering through nightly suspended animation, a (nearly) all-sugar diet, backwards flight and long migrations, the birds’ ...

Hummingbirds are some of the most fascinating creatures in the world. They are tiny birds, measuring only 3-5 inches in ...

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Whether you are a bird enthusiast or a renowned ornithologist, nothing is as captivating as watching hummingbirds. Their tiny size, bright colors, and acrobatic flying–they can fly backwards and ...

They hover often, and also fly upside down and backwards. These hummingbirds have extremely short legs, so they cannot walk or even hop with any efficiency. Ruby-throated hummingbirds live in ...

Bio-inspired wind sensing using strain sensors on flexible wings could revolutionize robotic flight control strategy.