Hummingbird migration tracker: See how close these tiny birds are getting to Michigan

Hummingbird migration tracker: See how close these tiny birds are getting to Michigan

With their wings flapping faster than the eye can see and hearts thumping at full speed, hummingbirds make their annual migration north each spring.

Hummingbird Chicks Observed for the First Time Pretending to be Caterpillars to Avoid Being Eaten

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 than a pinky finger, had brown fuzz all over its body. When Falk and Taylor walked closer to the nest, the chick began twitching […] The post Hummingbird Chicks Observed for the First Time Pretending to be Caterpillars to Avoid Being Eaten appeared f…

Animals: a chick disguises itself as a caterpillar to survive

The wonders of nature never cease to amaze, revealing survival strategies as ingenious as they are unexpected. Among these fascinating adaptations, a chick has developed a surprising method of escaping its predators: disguising itself as a caterpillar. This intriguing behavior raises many questions about evolution and the defense mechanisms of animal species. How does this […] L’article Animals: a chick disguises itself as a caterpillar to survi…