Mimicry is one of the most interesting forms of defense in nature. Sometimes an innocent and harmless insect can look like a ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Batesian mimicry is a fundamental example of adaptive phenotypic evolution driven by strong natural selection. Given the potentially dramatic ...

Mimicry occurs when an animal evolves an appearance that is similar to another animal. Although this seems simple enough at first glance, natural selection has found a number of interesting ways to ...

In 1862, British naturalist Henry Bates proposed -- but could not prove -- that over time, some animal and plant species that taste good to predators come to resemble other animals and plants that ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

In Batesian mimicry, a harmless species imitates a more dangerous one in an evolutionary “ruse” that affords the mimic protection from would-be predators. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology ...

What is a ‘weed’? What is ‘Batesian mimicry’? How many wings do bees have? (Answers below.) Al B of Hartland writes: “I walked about the yard, pulling plants that weren’t where they should be. A weed ...

From moths to snakes, many animals use cunning mimicry techniques to survive. Now, a new study has revealed how greater mouse-eared bats use a technique called Batesian mimicry – a form of mimicry ...