In the vast tapestry of nature’s wonders, there exists a bird whose mimicry skills are so impressive that they can deceive ...
We are drawn to mimicry and disturbed by it too. As children, we play dress up and let's pretend, and we understand our fellow hominins through private reenactment. Our most elaborate masquerades ...
The pseudo-copulation strategy of the orchid enables it to spread its genes widely. The mimicry is near-perfect. For example, the Australian hammer orchid has taken advantage of a mating ritual of ...
A screen of human-infecting viruses identified extensive examples of viral proteins that resembled human sequences, which ...
An astonishing number of insects have evolved survival mechanisms that involve mimicry, camouflage, and disguise. In the case of orange-and-black butterflies, the viceroy has evolved a striking ...
Glioblastoma has long resisted treatment, but scientists may have found a breakthrough by leveraging the body's own ...