Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

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 ...

Frigatebirds can remain airborne for days at a time without landing. Here’s how they rest while flying, according to ...

Panels A and B show the side-on and underneath view of a hummingbird passing through an aperture sideways. C and D show the same views of the hummingbird passing thorough an aperture like a bullet ...

Birds exhibit extraordinary abilities, from navigating thousands of kilometers using celestial cues and Earth's magnetic field to spending months airborne. Remarkably intelligent species like crows ...