#  How Sweet It Is: Why Hummingbirds Prefer Nectar 

 





September 26, 2014

 

 

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Graduate student, Maude Baldwin (**Edwards Lab**) led an international team of scientists in researching how hummingbids evolved to prefer nectar when other birds lack the ability to perceive sweetness. The ground-breaking study published in [Science](http://science.sciencemag.org/content/345/6199/929) is covered in [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/08/21/hummingbirds-want-the-sweet-stuff-and-when-they-dont-get-it-they-look-mad) and [Harvard Gazette](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/09/sweet-feat/).



 

 

 



 

 See also:- [ Graduate News ](/news-type/student-news)
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