Aggressive or Peckhamian mimicry, named after arachnologist Elizabeth G. Peckham, is the classic ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’, ...

We’ve heard about harmless animals “camouflaging” themselves by imitating deadly animals. Müllerian mimicry doesn’t work that way. Instead, deadly animals form an alliance and train their predators.

Mullerian mimicry is a phenomenon in which two or more harmful species have evolved to become phenotypically similar. This increases their protection from potential predators whose learned avoidance ...

Mimicry occurs when an animal evolves an appearance that is similar to another animal. Although this seems simple enough at first glance, natural selection has found a number of interesting ways to ...

Journal of Avian Biology (JAB) is an international, society-owned journal for scientists engaged in all aspects of avian biology. The primary goal of the journal is to publish high-quality papers ...

Distantly related, lookalike Heliconius species arrive at the same appearance using the same few genes, but regulated differently, according to recent studies. A series of rodent experiments showed ...

Dumbacher, J. P. and Fleischer, Robert C. 2001. "Phylogenetic evidence for colour pattern convergence in toxic pitohuirs: Mullerian mimicry in birds?" Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological ...