Imagine enjoying a sunny summer day and you happen to gaze down at a seemingly empty body of water. Unbeknownst to you, ...

The Serra do Assuruá is in the north-central region of the Bahia state of Brazil, on the country’s east coast. The research ...

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 ...

Animals have evolved a range of camouflage tactics, from simple colour matching to sophisticated mimicry. See if you can spot the creatures in the photos below - drag the slider to reveal them. Will ...

The term camouflage usually conjures up images of physical characteristics such as coloration; however, animals can also use behavior to disguise themselves and avoid detection by predators.

Here are some animals with the most unusual defense mechanisms: Sperm whales dive over 3,000 meters deep to escape threats, ...

Cephalopod camouflage is among the most dynamic in the animal kingdom, helping their lineage of soft-bodied and otherwise vulnerable relatives survive for hundreds of millions of years.

Much like their octopus cousins, the animals have skin filled with pigment-loaded cells and piston-like muscular pumps, which they use to alter their color and texture. They can camouflage almost ...