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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 (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!(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 (https://www.science.org/content/article/bird-feeders-have-caused-dramatic-evolution-california-hummingbirds)
These hummingbirds’ bills evolved for fighting (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, December 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, December 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, December 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, November 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, September 2024)
(https://www.biology.washington.edu/news/news/1726502400/alex-paredez-
sharlene-santana-alejandro-rico-guevara-included-fred-hutch-cancer)
Hummingbird Supermodels: Using Photography to Create 3D Models (Burke Museum’s News & Stories, September 2022) (https://www.burkemuseum.org/news/how-hummingbirds-feed-fight)
How Hummingbirds Feed and Fight (Burke Museum’s News & Stories, April 2020) (https://www.burkemuseum.org/news/how-hummingbirds-feed-fight)
He Knows His Hummingbirds (University of Washington Magazine, March 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, April 2020)
(https://www.npr.org/transcripts/840338275)
A Honeybee’s Tongue Is More Swiss Army Knife Than Ladle (New York Times’ Trilobites, August 2020) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/science/honeybees-drink-video.html
Not Bird Brains: Research Suggests Hummingbirds Use Numbers To Find Flowers (Forbes, July 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, February 2019)
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/some-male-hummingbirds-wield-their-bills-weapons
