The defense mechanisms animals use to evade or fight off predators can be both bizarre and fascinating. Some use camouflage ...

The efficacy of eyespots in deterring avian predators is more due to their conspicuousness rather than their resemblance to eyes.

In the mountains of western Iran, the spider-tailed horned viper hunts using an extraordinary deceptive tactic. Its tail, ...

the tenth with mimicry, Batesian and Miillerian; the eleventh with warning coloration; the twelfth with the coloration of young animals; the thirteenth and fourteenth with sexual selection ...

It controls the production of pigments responsible for the dark hue of their exoskeleton. This coloration plays an important role in forest habitats, where it helps the insects imitate toxic species ...

Most captivating of all is the camouflage and mimicry of Monocirrhus. There are many words to describe aspects of its procryptic behaviour, where it emulates the drifting of a dead leaf, and there’s ...