The white-necked jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) is a jewel-toned hummingbird found in the neotropical lowlands of South America and the Caribbean. It shimmers blue and green in the sunlight as it flits ...

A baby hummingbird hatches. But it has fluffy feathers on its back, looking just like a dangerous caterpillar. Could this be something unusual among hummingbirds? Rosannette Quesada Hidalgo Some ...

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 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 ...

Some science discoveries take years. Other just take one curious observation, and as Jay Falk, a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Postdoctoral Fellow working at the University of Colorado - ...