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I made this to celebrate the winds of CHANGE! Enjoy!!! pic.twitter.com/KHU4sb3SeE
— Alejandro Rico-Guevara (@ecophysicslab) November 9, 2020
PicoCam: High-resolution 3D imaging of live animals and preserved specimens https://t.co/B5j5ZdYls0 #bioRxiv
— bioRxiv (@biorxivpreprint) July 19, 2024
For news prior to 2020, go to (http://www.alejorico.com/News.html)
The Burke’s ornithology collection has the most spread wings in the world (2026) (https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/the-burkes-ornithology-collection-has-the-most-spread-wings-in-the-world/)
Sunbirds use their tongues as straws, but without lips or cheeks! (2026)(https://www.washington.edu/news/2026/04/28/april-research-highlights-sunbird-tongues-seattle-fault-inbound-asteroids-more/)
Bird feeders have caused a dramatic evolution of California hummingbirds (2026) (https://www.science.org/content/article/bird-feeders-have-caused-dramatic-evolution-california-hummingbirds)
These hummingbirds’ bills evolved for fighting (2026) (https://www.futurity.org/hummingbird-bills-evolution-3307312/)
National University of Colombia names Alejandro Rico Guevara as Distinguished Alumnus in Science.
(Agencia de noticias UNAL, 2025)
(https://agenciadenoticias.unal.edu.co/detalle/unal-entrega-distincion-a-rodolfo-llinas-y-a-sus-egresados-ilustres-en-ciencia)
This Hummingbird Rapidly Evolved a Longer Beak to Slurp More Nectar from Feeders, New Study Finds. (National Audubon Society, 2025)
(https://www.audubon.org/magazine/hummingbird-rapidly-evolved-longer-beak-slurp-more-nectar-feeders-new-study-finds)
Dazzling disguises: UW-led study describes why some female hummingbirds imitate male plumage (The Daily, 2025)
(https://www.dailyuw.com/science/dazzling-disguises-uw-led-study-describes-why-some-female-hummingbirds-imitate-male-plumage/article_50993588-8459-470d-9e96-0a2377941f41.html)
Do Bird Beaks and Flower Shapes Influence Pollination? New Study Investigate. (Discover Wild Science, 2025) (https://discoverwildscience.com/do-bird-beaks-and-flower-shapes-influence-pollination-new-study-investigates-1-274376/)
Hummingbirds wearing harnesses: UW researchers track the smallest bird in the world. (The Daily, 2025) (https://www.dailyuw.com/article/fe925caa-b200-11ef-8329-ebd20be2db08)
Colibríes de Cundinamarca transportan polen, pero prefieren tomar el néctar de las flores (Agencia de noticias UNAL, 2025)
(https://agenciadenoticias.unal.edu.co/detalle/colibries-de-cundinamarca-transportan-polen-y-roban-nectar)
Cloaked in Color: Some Female Hummingbirds Evolve Male Plumage to Dodge Harassment (UW news, 2025)(https://www.washington.edu/news/2025/03/20/cloaked-in-color-uw-led-research-finds-some-female-huwmmingbirds-evolve-male-plumage-to-dodge-aggression/)
Bendy bills allow hummingbirds to down nectar at lightning speeds (Cosmos Magazine, 2024) (https://cosmosmagazine.com/news/bendy-bills-hummingbirds-nectar/)
Hummingbird bills are an evolutionary wonder (earth.com, 2024) (https://www.earth.com/news/hummingbird-bills-are-an-evolutionary-wonder/)
That’s no straw: Hummingbirds evolved surprisingly flexible bills to help them drink nectar (Phys.org, 2024)
(https://phys.org/news/2024-12-straw-hummingbirds-evolved-flexible-bills.html)
Research by Rico-Guevara lab utilizes tiny, attached “backpacks” on
hummingbirds to offer insight on movement (UW news, 2024)
(https://www.biology.washington.edu/news/news/1731111300/research-rico-
guevara-lab-utilizes-tiny-attached-backpacks-hummingbirds-offer)
Yasmeen Erritouni named a 2024 Student Presentation Award Winner by
the American Ornithological Society (UW news, 2024)
(https://www.biology.washington.edu/news/news/1730767500/yasmeen-errit
ouni-named-2024-student-presentation-award-winner-american)
Alex Paredez, Sharlene Santana, Alejandro Rico-Guevara included in Fred
Hutch Cancer Center’s Atlas of Inspiring Hispanic/Latinx Scientists (UW
news, 2024)
(https://www.biology.washington.edu/news/news/1726502400/alex-paredez-
sharlene-santana-alejandro-rico-guevara-included-fred-hutch-cancer)
Hear it again: Documenting local hummingbirds (KUOW news & stories, 2024)
(https://www.kuow.org/stories/hear-it-again-documenting-local-hummingbirds)
Hummingbird Supermodels: Using Photography to Create 3D Models (Burke Museum’s News & Stories, 2022) (https://www.burkemuseum.org/news/how-hummingbirds-feed-fight)
How Hummingbirds Feed and Fight (Burke Museum’s News & Stories, 2020) (https://www.burkemuseum.org/news/how-hummingbirds-feed-fight)
He Knows His Hummingbirds (University of Washington Magazine, 2020) (https://magazine.washington.edu/feature/hummingbirds-sing-to-burke-museums-resident-expert/)
Animal Slander! Debunking ‘Birdbrained’ and ‘Eat Like a Bird’ (NPR’s Shortwave, 2020)
(https://www.npr.org/transcripts/840338275)
A Honeybee’s Tongue Is More Swiss Army Knife Than Ladle (New York Times’ Trilobites, 2020) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/science/honeybees-drink-video.html
Can hummingbirds do math? Read this work and commentary by several biologists in this Forbes article. (2020)
(https://www.forbes.com/sites/saratabin/2020/07/15-not-bird-brains-research-suggests-hummingbirds-use-numbers-to-find-flowers)
Not Bird Brains: Research Suggests Hummingbirds Use Numbers To Find Flowers (Forbes, 2020)
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology “Physical Mechanisms of Behavior” Symposium Upcoming events, 2020 (Symposia Organization and Presentations) (SICB symposium)
Some male hummingbirds wield their bills as weapons (ScienceNews for Students, 2019)
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/some-male-hummingbirds-wield-their-bills-weapons
