Hummingbirds hover by flapping their wings a bit like insects and a bit like other birds, and now a super-fast camera has made an image of the technique. A team of U.S. researchers found that ...

Hummingbird flight mechanics have been well studied but far less is known about how their sense of touch helps them sip nectar from a flower without bumping into it. Most of what scientists know about ...

Hummingbirds are masters of the air--unique among birds for their ability to hover for long periods of time. Using a sophisticated digital imaging technique, scientists have now determined the ...

Hummingbirds are unique among birds for numerous reasons, and that also includes their backward flying capability. Like almost every other bird species, they can do it all: hover, fly upside down and ...

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Hummingbirds seem like a marvel of nature and engineering: a living creature that can hover near a flower with surgical precision. How do they do this? Though hummingbirds’ flight mechanics have been ...