Mapping the adaptive landscape of Batesian mimicry using 3D-printed stimuli - Nature Birds have an excellent ability to learn to discriminate harmless insects from those that they mimic on the basis of subtle differences in appearance.

Main article:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Blog:
communities.springernature.com/posts/how-3d...

Podcast:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Article in Popular Science:
www.popsci.com/environment/...

Commentary:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Think hoverflies mimicking wasps 🐝 or butterflies with eyespots mimicking the eyes of predators 🦋
How accurate does a mimic have to be to evolve and persist? Are predators easily fooled? Read on to find out...
Check out our blog for an easier read, and Google 'famous examples of batesian mimicry'!

A great piece of research studying the nuances of batesian mimicry - the evolutionary biology idea whereby harmless species evolve to resemble dangerous or unpalatable ones (the art of looking like something you're not, to evade being eaten!)

Nature lovers 🦅 new 'Nature' paper alert, huge amounts of research led by @mimicryin3d.bsky.social📜 Really enjoyed contributing to the fieldwork effort and venturing into the world of evolutionary biology, all in my old haunt Cambridge. Getting into the field during Covid was such a blessing 💚