- Evolution of Camouflage
Video clip showing a praying mantis's camouflage that works so well atop a green leaf would render the it easy prey in a different setting.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/01/1/l_011_03.html
- Warning Colour and Mimicry
Lecture discussing the evolution of defensive colorations.
www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucbhdjm/courses/b242/Mimic/Mimic.html
- Arts of Deception: Mimicry and Camouflage
Offers an introduction to the three forms of mimicry utilized by both predator and prey: Batesian mimicry, Muellerian mimicry, and self mimicry.
www.mongabay.com/0306.htm
- Mimicry & Warning Colour
Provides photographs and papers illustrating the adaptations of camouflage, mimicry, and warning colors.
www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/jim/Mim/mimicry.html
- Butterfly Mimicry or Protective Colouration
Looks at butterflies' ability to appear to be or to imitate something other than what they really are.
home.cogeco.ca/~lunker/mimicry.htm
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