In the study of why and how animals look the way they do, color is king—at least, the range of color humans can see. A ...

While sneaking up on prey, cuttlefish employ a dynamic skin display to avoid detection in the last moments of approach, ...

Scientists have discovered mimicry and camouflage as evolutionary features found in the species of white-necked Jacobin ...

Cuttlefish aren’t just masters of disguise – they're illusionists of the sea. Researchers discovered that broadclub cuttlefish use a dazzling display of downward-moving stripes on their skin to sneak ...

Like mimicry, camouflage can be "protective," to avoid the attention of predators, or "aggressive," to allay suspicion while the predator attacks its prey. The praying mantis that has evolved a ...

The discovery disputes the common theory that the cuttlefish uses a form of hypnotization to capture its prey; the prey likely just doesn’t even see the cuttlefish, and rather a confusing patterned ...

The octopus uses chromatophores to change color, texture, and shape for camouflage and communication. The flamboyant ...

It’s absolutely incredible. “That’s just how they’ve managed to evolve, they’re an ambush predator so they rely on being able to camouflage themselves, otherwise they would literally ...

While sneaking up on prey, cuttlefish employ a dynamic skin display to avoid detection in last moments of approach, researchers at the University of ...