Researchers observed hummingbirds using 12 high-speed cameras, 6 pressure plates and 2176 microphones. The soft and complex feathered wings generate sound in a fashion similar to how the simpler wings ...

Hummingbirds are tiny powerhouses. They weigh between 2 and 20 grams (most less than 5 grams) and their wings beat around 40-80 times per second. Some have been clocked at around 200 beats per second.

A tiny bird fossil discovered in Wyoming offers clues to the precursors of swift and hummingbird wings. The fossil is unusual in having exceptionally well-preserved feathers, which allowed the ...

Brenna Maloney is the editor of National Geographic Explorer and a wildlife rehabilitator volunteer for City Wildlife. Fastest Things on Wings By Terry Masear Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 306 pp. $25 ...

The hummingbird is named after its pleasant humming sound when it hovers in front of flowers to feed. But only now has it become clear how the wing generates the hummingbird's namesake sound when it ...