Nature may be red in tooth and claw. But one plucky caterpillar dresses in orange and black to avoid becoming somebody’s lunch. What’s really surprising, though, is that this distinctive set of ...

Young birds that eat insects with conspicuous warning colouration to advertise their toxicity to would-be predators quickly learn to avoid other prey that carry the same markings. Developing on this ...

Scientists have discovered that birds know to avoid the plants where toxic animals dwell. Young birds that eat insects with conspicuous warning colouration to advertise their toxicity to would-be ...