Hummingbirds can fly backwards. Hummingbirds are the only species of bird that is able to fly backwards. They do so regularly, and research has found that hummingbirds' "backward flight is efficient." ...

There is one, so behold hummingbirds, the true master of flight. From hovering in one spot to flying backwards and sideways to even inverted, these grand champions of aerobatics have superior ...

they can truly fly backward. And they’re the record holders for the fastest metabolic rate of any vertebrate on the planet: A 2013 University of Toronto study concluded that if hummingbirds were ...

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 ...

“Hummingbirds can hover and fly backwards and forwards, beating their wings over 50 times a second and just so fast that you can’t even see the wings,” Babb said. “They’re just super ...

A sighting of a ruby-throated hummingbird was reported Wednesday, April 16, at a Cortlandt Manor bird feeder in northern Westchester.

“Hummingbirds can hover and fly backwards and forwards, beating their wings over 50 times a second and just so fast that you can’t even see the wings,” Babb said. “They’re just super ...