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Some people -- and animals -- will go to any lengths to attract ... of the orchid enables it to spread its genes widely. The mimicry is near-perfect. For example, the Australian hammer orchid ...

Growing up, I can remember almost all of the tattered and worn posters that adorned the classrooms of my school. Many of them had historical timelines, periodic tables, and the ...

But if you're any one of a number of animals that mimic other species to survive, a poor impression can mean death. Thankfully, a new study suggests that nature can be pretty forgiving of an ...

Animals have evolved a range of camouflage tactics, from simple colour matching to sophisticated mimicry. See if you can spot the creatures in the photos below - drag the slider to reveal them. Will ...

Episodes of animal mimicry have long been dismissed as “mere parroting,” a disparagement that recent research on the intelligence of parrots and a number of species, including whales ...

They’re famed for their ability to mimic other birds and even sounds from ... The researchers say that despite growing attention to the role of animal ecosystem engineers, knowledge is still ...