Animals face a constant battle to survive, not just by finding food but by avoiding becoming food themselves. Over millions of years, evolution has produced a vast range of defense strategies, from ...

Insect pupae hiss like snakes for defense. A Kobe University team now reveals the mechanisms, opening the door to further studies involving predator reactions to defensive sounds. Subscribe to our ...

Aggressive or Peckhamian mimicry, named after arachnologist Elizabeth G. Peckham, is the classic ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’, when the mimic pretends to be harmless to dupe its mark.