For members of the Sani Warmi collective in Amazonian Ecuador, the day begins before sunrise. They tend to the chacra — their ...

That changed when Michael Castaño-Díaz and Sebastián Gallan Giraldo, a Ph.D student and research assistant, spotted a White-necked Jacobin nest with a caring female and one egg in a national park in ...

They also noticed the nest was covered with what appeared to be seeds of local Balsa trees (Ochroma pyramidale) which are also hairy-looking, making the chick very camouflaged. Therefore, another ...