Military Cameras & Olive Oil Help Solve Longstanding Mystery: How Hummingbirds Fly

The secret lies right where you wouldn't expect it: in the bird's upstroke.

By Andrew Grant
Sep 9, 2011 5:00 AMNov 12, 2019 4:25 AM
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Biologist Bret Tobalske records a diamond dove's flight tactics. | Jane Osborne

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