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 ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most bird species don’t fly above a few thousand feet in ...