Hummingbirds are famous for their acrobatic flying, especially being the only birds that can fly backward, but they are fast and have endurance, too. Last week, after my article about the departure of ...

Researchers have finally unravelled the unique strategies hummingbirds use to fly through small gaps while being unable to pull their wings in by nature. Most small bird species that feed on fruit, ...

In flight, the hovering hummingbird is more like a insect than a bird. Most most birds only create lift when they flap downwards. But the hummingbird, by flipping its wing before it flaps upwards, can ...

It’s impossible not to smile when a hummingbird lands on your finger. It’s magical. I was hanging a feeder filled with fresh nectar when an impatient Anna’s hummingbird decided that I’d make a good ...

“It shows that all of nature is in constant flux and changing on some scale. This one is a dramatic change. It’s the ...

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I don’t know about you, but I still have visitors to my hummingbird feeder! One male and one female ruby throated hummingbirds continue to fight for dominance over the feeder, but I encourage both of ...

Imagine you had a never-ending hunger that compelled you to eat more than your weight in sugar every day. And imagine you had to find that food in a near-continuous windstorm. Now you know how a ...

If you're lucky enough to be visited by hummingbirds, you've probably spent many a moment marveling at them as they go about their busy lives. And who could blame you? They are some of the animal ...

Corrections and Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misspelled Anand Varma's name. Hummingbirds are perhaps some of the quickest animals on the planet, beating its wings 10-15 times a ...