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

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

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 ...

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

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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 ...

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

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 ...