A chance encounter in a Panama rainforest has uncovered a new defensive behavior in white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chicks. In March 2024, Michael Castaño of the Smithsonian Tropical Research ...

A tiny hummingbird chick in Central America has developed a surprising survival strategy. To escape its predators, it mimics the movements of a venomous caterpillar. A white-necked hummingbird chick ...

The hummingbirds have returned to Texas, signaling the start of their annual migration through the state — and more importantly, that winter weather is coming to an end. Recent data shows the tiny ...

For the first time, scientists described a hummingbird chick potentially mimicking a poisonous caterpillar to avoid getting eaten. When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin ...

Feeding hummingbirds in your backyard or garden can be a rewarding experience. Not only does having a feeder in place offer you a possible opportunity to get close to these itsy-bitsy birds, but you ...

Hummingbirds are back in Pennsylvania after their annual southern vacation, so you should be seeing these small birds flitting around the yard by now. Gardeners like hummingbirds not only for their ...

Anna’s hummingbirds, named after Anna Masséna, duchess of Rivoli, are native to western coastal regions of North America. The mixed habitats of the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum and Botanic Garden provide a ...

When it comes to hummingbirds, we are used to seeing the fast-flying birds all around our yards and gardens. They're bright and usually fairly easy to spot, especially when we've put out feeders to ...

When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama’s dense rainforest, the bird biologists didn’t know what they were looking at. The day-old bird, smaller ...

Hummingbirds are small birds native to the Americas, and they largely form the Trochilidae family of avians. There are already hundreds of known species, but new ones are discovered every year. One of ...