"First, we have to understand where colours in animals come from," says Kjetil L. Voje. He is an evolutionary biologist and ...

Camouflage is an exciting animal adaptation that allows many different types of animals to blend in with their surroundings. The chameleon is one of the most recognizable animals that camouflages ...

The unusual fusing of biological science with computer science cam together to allow researchers to try and understand why many animals are dichromats (having two types of color receptor cells in ...

Machine generated contents note: 1. Animal camouflage: an introduction / Martin Stevens and Sami Merilaita; 2. Crypsis through background matching / Sami Merilaita and Martin Stevens; 3. The ...

From camouflage to playing dead, animals use remarkable and deeply human like survival strategies. They hide, run, protect family, trick enemies, and learn from experience. These shocking survival ...

Octopuses conceal themselves in their surroundings using chromatophores—cells that can change pigment dynamically—to match the colors of the seafloor, reef systems, and even other animals. But they ...

BRAINERD — Wander the aisles of any sporting goods store and you’ll notice a wide variety of camouflage clothing available to hunters — or anyone, actually, who chooses to blend in their surroundings ...