Meet a katydid that sounds like a bird and is as big as one too! It's even able to modulate its call to avoid attracting bats ...

A research team led by Prof. Huang Diying from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS) has identified three species of Jurassic orthopterans—an ...

Twig mimicry is most common and diversified in Phasmatodea (stick and leaf insects), a group of iconic models for understanding the evolution of camouflage and mimicry among insects. Extant stick and ...

Nature's camouflage artists, insects, astound with their ability to mimic leaves, flowers, and twigs, evading predators through remarkable adaptation. From leaf insects with visible veins to orchid ...

A new species of hangingfly with wings that perfectly mimic the leaf of an ancient ginkgo-like tree has been discovered in China by scientists at the Smithsonian, the University of Maryland and the ...

Discover the fascinating world of camouflage and masterful mimicry in this gallery of hidden animals. From elusive snow leopards to tiny mantises, these animals of all shapes and sizes can blend ...

Mimicry in animals is a common form of protection from predators. For instance, two distasteful or toxic butterflies may mimic each other for mutual defense, as the viceroy and monarch butterflies do.

A fossilized scorpionfly that apparently mimicked the leaves of an ancient ginkgo-like tree has just been unearthed, researchers say. The finding adds to evidence that this form of camouflage is very ...

The level of magnification in this image makes it easy to distinguish this walking leaf insect from the actual leaf behind it. However, if you were looking at this insect from a little farther away, ...

Few creatures in nature can camouflage themselves as convincingly as a group of insects known as “walking leaves.” Using specimens from museum and private collections, researchers have identified ...

Giant Malaysian leaf insects stay very still on their host plants to avoid predators. Giant Malaysian leaf insects stay still – very still – on their host plants to avoid hungry predators. But as they ...