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

A baby hummingbird hatches. But it has fluffy feathers on its back, looking just like a dangerous caterpillar. Could this be ...

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

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.

Hummingbird Chicks Observed for the First Time Pretending to be Caterpillars to Avoid Being Eaten (goodnewsnetwork.org) — ...

Researchers with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute discovered the baby White-necked Jacobin hummingbird had unique ...

Falk and his colleagues looked into other caterpillars in this region of Panama and found that many have similar-looking ...

Scientists discovered a hummingbird chick that twitches like a caterpillar. This behavior scares off predators.

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

A newly hatched hummingbird with a unique appearance has been discovered in a national park in Panama. This tiny hummingbird chick, a white-necked jacobin, took on the look of a caterpillar upon ...