The exciting properties of micro-and nano-patterned surfaces found in natural species hide
a virtually endless potential of technological ideas, opening new opportunities for innovation …

Acuity, the fineness with which sensory systems perceive and parse information, limits the
information that organisms can extract from stimuli. Here, we focus on visual acuity (the …

Aposematic theory has historically predicted that predators should select for warning signals
to converge on a single form, as a result of frequency‐dependent learning. However …

In an attempt to increase the reliability of empirical findings, psychological scientists have
recently proposed a number of changes in the practice of experimental psychology. Most …

Research into Heliconius butterflies has made a significant contribution to evolutionary
biology. Here, we review our understanding of the diversification of these butterflies …

Prey seldom rely on a single type of antipredator defence, often using multiple defences to
avoid predation. In many cases, selection in different contexts may favour the evolution of …

Many bees and stinging wasps, or aculeates, exhibit striking colour patterns or conspicuous
coloration, such as black and yellow stripes. Such coloration is often interpreted as an …

Explaining the maintenance of adaptive diversity within populations is a long-standing goal
in evolutionary biology, with important implications for conservation, medicine, and …

Multitrait adaptive evolution is shaped by factors such as phylogenetic and functional
constraints as well as the intensity and direction of selection. The tempo and mode of such …

Wing-pattern mimicry in butterflies has provided an important example of adaptation since
Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace proposed evolution by natural selection> 150 …