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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...