Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hummingbirds have one of the highest metabolic rates of any vertebrate. They are the only birds capable of sustained backward ...

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 ...

You might know hummingbirds are the only bird species that can fly backward. You might not realize all 363 species of hummingbirds on Earth occur in the New World. If you go to Africa or Thailand or ...

Have hummingbirds visited your feeders this season? Our appreciation for our tiny avian neighbors is well documented, which is why our eyes are always peeled for a glimpse of a hummingbird flitting ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

That may sound surprising when you consider the mobility of these tiny buzz birds. With jet-like speed they can fly forward and backward, shoot directly up or dive rapidly and even hover in one place.