According to New Research, Hummingbirds Have More Tricks Up Their Shoulder Bones

Hummingbirds, those iridescent jewel-like flyers that adorn our gardens and sip from our feeders, give more evidence of design than we were previously aware.

Insect-Like Flight

Researchers at Vanderbilt University found that the wing flaps of hummingbirds are more like those of insects than other birds. Modeling their motions with a supercomputer, they found that the wingbeats create "invisible vortices of air that produce the lift they need to hover and flit from flower to flower."

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