In nature, trickery and deception are widespread. Animals and plants mimic other objects or
species in the environment for protection, trick other species into rearing their young, lure …

To those struggling on the frontlines to save endangered plants and animals, the crucial
challenge is to confront the biological causes of those species' decline. But just as …

Imagine beetles ejecting defensive sprays as hot as boiling water; female moths holding
their mates for ransom; caterpillars disguising themselves as flowers by fastening petals to …

Nature has perfected the art of deception. Thousands of creatures all over the world-
including butterflies, moths, fish, birds, insects and snakes-have honed and practised …

Contempt for Animals and Nature, Its Origins, Purposes, and Repercussions Page 152
Chapter 7 Misothery Contempt for Animals and Nature, Its Origins, Purposes, and …

A lthough behavioural deception is expected to be a natural consequence of selfish
behaviourl, certain signals are truthful. Honest signalling is favoured where there is no …

Nicola Hoggard Creegan offers a compelling examination of the problem of evil in the
context of animal suffering, disease, and extinction and the violence of the evolutionary …

Does extinction have to be forever? As the global extinction crisis accelerates,
conservationists and policy-makers increasingly use advanced biotechnologies such as …

Behavioural ecology: natural history as science Page 36 3 Behavioural Ecology: Natural History
as Science Geoff A. Parker Population and Evolutionary Biology Research Group School of …