Despite the broad recognition of mimicry among bumble bees, distinct North American mimicry rings have yet to be defined, due in part to the prevalence of intermediate and imperfect mimics in this ...

2025 marks 200 years since the birth of Henry Walter Bates, who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in butterflies. To commemorate this anniversary, we bring together a selection of research ...

It's the time of year when people start thinking about Halloween costumes. Nature (a master of disguise) has taken care of that for some creatures. The use of mimicry in the natural world can be a ...

1. Based upon similarity in visual or olfactory appearances, recent studies concluded that mimicry of plants or plant parts occurs in distinct systems, in carnivorous plants that mimic flowers to ...

Can mimicry and mirroring another person’s action while interacting with them increase rapport and make them like you more? Or could it have an adverse effect and lead to a negative perception of you?

The M3–MCP-1 structure also reveals that the herpesvirus M3 protein sequesters chemokines through structural mimicry. The MCP-1 residues bound by M3 are identical to those that are required for MCP-1 ...