The animal world is always full of surprises. Even a long-studied species can hold a few secrets hidden between their fur or ...

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 ...

A chance encounter in a Panama rainforest has uncovered a new defensive behavior in white-necked jacobin hummingbird chicks.

Like mimicry, camouflage can be "protective," to avoid ... In camouflage, the shape and outline of the animal merge with the background so it's not recognizable. Similar to camouflage is disguise ...

Another way animals camouflage themselves is through mimicry. Mimicry means you pretend to be someone or something else. Crabs can use mimicry to blend in and avoid being detected by predators in ...

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 ...

Cuttlefish use dazzling camouflage to disguise themselves while stalking their prey. New video footage reveals even more about their dramatic mimicry techniques, including how they transform to ...

As in any great detective story, audiences will experience, in immersive IMAX®, the compelling clues Bates unearths in his major discovery of the phenomenon of mimicry, whereby certain animals adopt .