The pseudo-copulation strategy of the orchid enables it to spread its genes widely. The mimicry is near-perfect. For example, the Australian hammer orchid has taken advantage of a mating ritual of ...

The findings revealed some important insights. The researchers discovered that individuals with psychopathic traits used “mimicry” to present a more favorable image of themselves to a potentia ...

We are drawn to mimicry and disturbed by it too. As children, we play dress up and let's pretend, and we understand our fellow hominins through private reenactment. Our most elaborate masquerades ...

pneumoniae uses to penetrate the human cell: It imitates the molecular structures of the human cell ("molecular mimicry") and uses them for its attack. The bacterium can only reproduce inside a ...