For prey in the animal kingdom, one wrong move can mean death. Species have evolved camouflage to blend into their environment – some moths may share the colour of the tree bark they rest on while a lizard might resemble ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 29, 2019
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Chameleon prawns change colour to camouflage themselves as the seaweed around them changes seasonally, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Jun 21, 2019
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Crabs from a single species rely on different camouflage techniques depending on what habitat they live in, new research shows.
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May 24, 2019
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In the blink of an eye, squid can change from sandy brown to vibrant red or ripple with bright metallic rainbows. Their color-changing abilities (and those of their fellow cephalopods, octopus and cuttlefish) are more sophisticated ...
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Mar 6, 2019
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Games can help people engage with science outside of the traditional realm of research and academia. And using games in ecological research is on the rise, helping ecologists answer questions they'd never be able to in a ...
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Feb 6, 2019
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The unique ability of cuttlefish, squid and octopuses to hide by imitating the colors and texture of their environment has fascinated natural scientists since the time of Aristotle. Uniquely among all animals, these mollusks ...
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Oct 18, 2018
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Hunters don camouflage clothing to blend in with their surroundings. But thermal camouflage—or the appearance of being the same temperature as one's environment—is much more difficult. Now researchers, reporting in ACS' ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 27, 2018
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Plants use many of the same methods as animals to camouflage themselves, a new study shows.
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Poison dart frogs are well known for their deadly toxins and bright colours, which have made them a classic example of warning coloration.
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Jun 4, 2018
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Iridescence is a form of structural colour which uses regular repeating nanostructures to reflect light at slightly different angles, causing a colour-change effect.
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