Despite their image as masters of camouflage, it has long been assumed in science that chameleons change color to communicate ...

Stacie Walker (with husband Lance), a professional wildlife artist and avid hunter, developed Prym1 Camo, which mimics the patterns and textures of animals in nature. (submitted photo) Prym1 Camo uses ...

Animals with symmetrical markings tend to be more noticeable to predators Markings closer to the midline are more easily detectable To improve camouflage, animals evolved their markings to be less ...

MBL, WOODS HOLE, MA—Cuttlefish are well-known masters of disguise who use highly developed camouflage tactics to blend in almost instantaneously with their surroundings. These relatives of octopuses ...

Despite being colorblind, the cuttlefish can change its skin color to blend into the background with great skill. In a new study, a team of researchers used hyperspectral imaging tools to model what ...

It was a Halloween costume, dinosaur-style. New research reveals how a small, feathered dinosaur about 126 million years ago used its color patterning — including a bandit-mask-like stripe across its ...

‘The jungle… it just came alive and took him,’ says one of the terrified victims of the intergalactic hunter in Predator 1987. The Predator is able to slaugher its human victims – except Arnie – ...

An international group of researchers leveraged open-access digital collections to validate an age-old hypothesis in evolutionary ecology. The classic hypothesis proposes that predators select for a ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Camouflage is a widespread phenomenon throughout nature and an important antipredator tactic in natural selection. Many visual predators have ...