For decades scientists assumed these insects looked so much like orchids as a form of camouflage. But they were wrong. They look this way because they're deceptive predators.

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Predators lurk in ambush, often wearing devilishly cunning floral disguises. This form of camouflage is known as aggressive mimicry. The orchid mantis bears an uncanny resemblance to the flower after ...

Carpenter, G D H, and Ford, E B. 1933. Mimicry. Methuen, London.

While the campylobacter jejuni strain found in stool samples of patients could be indicative of the cause, the severity of ...

Chameleons are the most famous color-changing animals, but there are plenty of other animals that possess this talent.

Passive aggression is particularly damaging in relationships. The target often feels frustrated and powerless, unable to secure the passive-aggressive person's cooperation.As a result, a person ...

By using Artificial Intelligence to study cats’ facial mimicry, researchers at the Israeli institution’s Tech4Animals Laboratory in the Department of Information Systems at the university were ...

The cats were less likely to display rapid mimicry of facial movements during negative interactions, such as fights or other expressions of aggression. In these cases, the cats expressed gaze fixation ...

Moral panics about erotica have coursed through the country’s history. Why do so many Americans think of porn as harm?