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Those little red hummingbird feeders are driving the bird's evolution

In D.C. the president’s Big Beautiful Bill is facing a contentious fight in the Senate. Governor Ferguson recently signed over 400 bills into law.

But there was other bill related news in recent weeks and we went to see someone who has been right in the middle of it.

Alejandro Rico Guevara is one of the foremost researchers on hummingbird bills. He has spent years studying how hummingbirds use their beaks to feed and fight.

But his latest research looked at how human actions seem to be driving a high-speed example of evolution in hummingbird bills.

Alejandro is an Assistant Professor of…

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