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B.J. Balakumar's robotic hummingbird wing isn't as pretty as the real thing. It lacks jewel-like colors and the iridescent glint of hummingbird feathers. But what the unadorned metal wing does have is ...

Anna's hummingbird flying in the experimental setup, drinking sugar water from a fake flower. Credit: Lentink Lab / Stanford University. Anna's hummingbird flying in the experimental setup, drinking ...

The Pentagon is pouring millions of dollars into the development of tiny drones inspired by biology — such as the hummingbird — each equipped with video and audio equipment that can record sights and ...

Over at TACC, Jorge Salazar writes that a researcher at Vanderbilt University is using the Lonestar supercomputer to understand how hummingbirds hover. Using the derived force data, scientists can ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Temperatures are trending up this time of year, and so are the hummingbirds. The colorful and speedy birds are migrating north throughout the United States and several reported ...

Humans with an appreciation of beauty may have marveled for millennia at the artistry of a darting hummingbird, but scientists announced today that for the first time they can more fully explain how a ...

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 rank among the world's most accomplished hovering animals, but how do they manage it in gusty winds? Researchers have built a robotic hummingbird wing to discover the answer. Hummingbirds ...