The roles of physical structures in animal camouflage are not well known. This study illuminates an overlooked role of a mechanism for camouflage. Dr. Imada investigated how larvae of the long-bodied crane flies achieve uncanny ...
Evolution
Feb 25, 2021
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Some forms of camouflage have evolved in animals to exploit a loophole in the way predators perceive their symmetrical markings. The University of Bristol findings, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B today, describe ...
Evolution
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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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Plants use many of the same methods as animals to camouflage themselves, a new study shows.
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2018
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Pythons, moths and frogs exhibit a certain type of camouflage that hides their identity from other animals even after they have been spotted, new research has found.
Plants & Animals
Apr 26, 2018
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Online computer games played by more than 30,000 people have helped scientists understand animal camouflage and colour vision.
Plants & Animals
Apr 13, 2017
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A ground-breaking study has confirmed the long held assumption that camouflage protects animals from the clutches of predators, and offers insights into the most important aspects of camouflage.
Plants & Animals
Jan 29, 2016
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So how long did it take you to spot the nightjar in the video on this page? For the predators trying to outsmart their concealed prey it's about not going hungry. But for the birds and the eggs that they are protecting it's ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 20, 2014
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Nature, as the great poet Tennyson reminded us, is a violent place, or "red in tooth and claw", as he put it. One of the mechanisms animals use to avoid a bloody end is camouflage – blending in with the background – to ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 23, 2013
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(Phys.org) —It's a nocturnal aquatic predator that will eat anything that fits in its large mouth. Dark and sleek, it hides beneath the water waiting for prey. A Texas Tech University researcher says the target will never ...
Plants & Animals
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