[featured image] Evolution has been very creative when it comes to mimicry, but the most incredible in my opinion and therefore at number one in the scoundrel chart, are the freshwater pearly mussels (Unionida). These unassuming molluscs spend their adult lives embedded in the sediment and gravel of streams and …
[featured image] You’d think that transvestism might be a uniquely human trait, but the animal kingdom is not without other species where males routinely imitate females, well, without the hairy arms and the ill-fitting stilettos. Interestingly, there are even transvestite insects and the males of one of these species, a …
[featured image] Orb-web spiders build an intricate trap to catch their prey, normally hapless insects; however, there are some spiders in this …