As the frost line retreats northward in the early spring, its withdrawal is often closely followed — and occasionally ...

When a bird drapes its nest with snake skin, it isn't just making an interesting home décor choice. For some birds, it keeps ...

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

The white-necked jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) is a jewel-toned hummingbird found in the neotropical lowlands of South ...

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

If you live in a city or suburb, it can be hard to feel surrounded by nature. But next time you step outside, pause, look and ...

When they walked closer to the nest, the day-old chick, was covered in brown fuzz. began twitching and shaking its head—a ...

The resulting “eight-legged” bird may look like something ... as well as predators. If a predator comes near, the parent may ...

When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama’s dense rainforest, the bird biologists didn’t know what they were looking at. The day-old bird, smaller ...

Spring is in the air — which means nest-making season is upon us! For this month’s Chirp Chat, Lake Effect’s Xcaret Nuñez ...