A hummingbird chick in Panama mimics a poisonous caterpillar to avoid predators—a rare case of bird-to-insect mimicry. When ...

When we think of hummingbirds, speed is often the first thing that comes to mind. These fast-flying birds are practically hyperactive in their behavior, with the metabolism to prove it. Hummingbirds ...

Tiny hummingbird chicks were observed mimicking a poisonous caterpillar to survive in the Panama rainforest–a first for science.

Hummingbird chicks pretend to be a caterpillar to avoid being eaten, reveals new research. The tiny birds, smaller than a ...

A chance encounter in a Panama rainforest has uncovered a new defensive behavior in white-necked jacobin hummingbird chicks.

Uncover the mysteries of hummingbirds. How does the white-necked jacobin trick predators through mimicry? Find out now.

But last March, co-authors Michael Castaño at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Sebastian Gallan-Giraldo at the University of Antioquia in Colombia discovered a female jacobin ...

they went to do their regular visit to observe the nest, but this time they were accompanied by Scott Taylor, Jay’s advisor ...

A baby hummingbird might have a special way of warding off predators, which threaten tropical hummingbird species in infancy.

When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama’s dense rainforest, the bird ...

A newly hatched hummingbird with a unique appearance has been discovered in a national park in Panama. This tiny hummingbird ...

That changed when Michael Castaño-Díaz and Sebastián Gallan Giraldo, a Ph.D student and research assistant, spotted a White-necked Jacobin nest with a caring female and one egg in a national park in ...