The animal world is always full of surprises. Even a long-studied species can hold a few secrets hidden between their fur or ...

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

A baby hummingbird hatches. But it has fluffy feathers on its back ... Chelina Batista, iNaturalist One example of this type ...

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

In a cute first, a curious observation led to a sweet and thrilling discovery of a caterpillar-like hummingbird with ... Described as a natural “mimicry,” the White-necked Jacobin, along ...

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

More information: Jay J. Falk et al, Potential caterpillar mimicry in a tropical hummingbird, Ecology (2025). DOI: 10.1002/ecy.70060 ...

Baby hummingbirds are always among the first to arrive. (Courtesy photo) Every Spring, the SPCA Monterey County Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center rescues hundreds of baby birds.

and his team described this unusual mimicry behavior for the first time in hummingbirds. "We know so little about what nesting birds do in the tropics," said Falk, the paper's first author and ...