With the development of psychology and medicine, more and more diseases have found
their psychological origins and associations, especially ulceration and other mucosal …

Many animals avoid predation using aposematic displays that pair toxic/dangerous
defences with conspicuous achromatic warning patterns, such as high-contrast stripes. To …

Vibrant male coloration and energetic courtship displays set jumping spiders apart from
most arachnids, which typically rely on nonvisual stimuli. Like many other spiders, female …

We examine the distributed visual system of spiders, an ancient and diverse lineage of
predators. Across families, prey-capture strategies include active pursuit, sit-and-wait …

Chemically defended prey often advertise their toxins with bright and conspicuous colors. To
understand why such colors are effective at reducing predation, we need to understand the …

Batesian mimicry occurs when palatable mimics gain protection from predators by evolving
a phenotypic resemblance to an aposematic model species. While common in nature, the …

A key challenge for generalist predators is avoiding toxins in prey. Species-specific
strategies range from total avoidance of distasteful (and potentially toxic) prey to the use of …