A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the 'bone collector.” The odd insect is only ...

Why do animals use camouflage? Have you ever worn a disguise? Have you pretended to be someone else or something? Animals do this too. We call this camouflage. A camouflage animal uses different ...

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Readers explain that this colouration pattern in many living things is all about camouflage, while its opposite tends to ...

Animals have evolved a range of camouflage tactics, from simple colour matching to ... corals and other objects on the sea floor. They do this by changing the size of special projections on their skin ...

Animals protect themselves from being eaten by other animals in countless ways. Some are commonplace. Others are ...

Unlike iridophores, leucophores do not change appearance based on ... (2011) "Rapid adaptive camouflage in cephalopods." in Animal Camouflage: Mechanisms and Function. Cambridge University Press ...

Camouflage is a common defensive strategy among animals. By modifying their coloration and patterning, animals evade predators or ambush prey. Notably, more than 40% of alpine plant species in the ...