“There's an old saying that says, fool me once, shame on you... Fool me—you can't get fooled again." President George W. [...]
Some incredible new footage was recently shared, highlighting a remarkable case of mimicry found in a very poorly known species of dottyback—Manonichthys jamali. Described in 2007, it belongs to a small group of pseudochromids which occur only in the Coral Triangle and which are known to [...]
Mimicry is an ancient art practiced and mastered across the board in the animal kingdom. The paradigm of mimesis is a multifaceted prism, each with unique modifications to the standard model. In a precarious world where “eat or be eaten” is the central dogma, organisms must evolve [...]
Coral reefs are rife with camouflaged fishes. Some hide by mimicking the surrounding rocks and sponges and algae, while others are well-known for passing themselves off as more-noxious species of fish. And, fewer still, are those fishes which actively mimic corals. Perhaps the most [...]