Hummingbirds are famous for their hovering ability, which lets them linger in front of flowers and feast on their nectar. But just how the creatures manage to stay aloft has intrigued researchers ...

Hummingbirds can cross continents, hover in place and even fly upside down. How do they do it? A team of Canadian researchers is investigating, and they’ve found that these amazing little ...

The prolonged hovering ability of hummingbirds had previously been attributed to an insect-like flapping – despite the fact that birds have an entirely separate wing structure.

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 ...

A hovering nectar bat (Glossophaga soricina) inverts its wings during the upstroke to generate elevated lift. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Sept. 26, 2018, issue of Science ...

One of the greatest-ever rock and roll photographers gets a colorful eulogy in Alfred George Bailey's image-stuffed 'Show Me the Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall.

The best flyers, like hummingbirds that dexterously hover in front of flowers, have the largest hearts. But unexpectedly, soaring and gliding turns out to be almost as much work as flapping wings.

How To Help Hummingbirds In The Winter Hummingbird (archilochus colubris) hovering next to lily flowers panoramic view mbolina/Getty Images ...

Hummingbirds might actually be a little buggy -- when it comes to their method of flying, that is. The hovering of a hummingbird is a sight to behold, and it's clear that the tiny birds move in a ...

Slow-motion footage has revealed how a hovering hummingbird is able to cope with wet weather. The cameras show that the delicate bird shakes its head with such acceleration that it can reach a g ...

How Do Hardworking Hummingbirds Keep Cool? Special “windows” in the feathers covering their tiny bodies prevent overheating while hovering and flying ...

Hummingbirds and bats hover in this Aerodynamic Force Platform while their instantaneous vertical force is measured and wingbeats captured with high speed cameras. This material relates to a paper ...