Source: Francis C. Franklin, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC-BY-SA-3.0 license. In what’s referred to as Batesian mimicry, harmless species can protect themselves from predators by ...

When we hear a sound associated with a particular object, we are primed to see that object too. The ability to visualise something in this way was once thought to be unique to humans. But some birds ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Birds of prey typically fit into a common mold: they are ...