Stinging caterpillars actually aren’t stinging you and injecting venom, like a wasp would," says Eric Benson, PhD, professor ...

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

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

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When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in ... It turns out the hummingbird might fend off predators by mimicking a poisonous caterpillar that lives in the ...

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

Fishing conditions, between the snow and rain squalls, have been fair to good, but should improve with the forecast of ...

The spicebush swallowtail caterpillar (Papilio troilus) is born black and white disguised as bird poop. It will molt three more times with spots on its head that make it appear like a snake — known as ...

This story is part of the 30th anniversary issue of BizTimes Milwaukee, published on March 17. Paid subscribers can see the ...

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

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Incumbent city councilman Denis Cyr is defending his seat against retired Caterpillar scientist Hind Abi-Akar in Peoria's 5th ...