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 ...

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 ...

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 ...