Five new animal species that camouflage themselves as excrement or bark reveal some of what still remains hidden in the world ...

Octopus and other cephalopods are good at hiding themselves—and are inspiring cutting-edge technologies that may help us do ...

A new documentary explores how slowness can be a superpower, helping animals camouflage, evade predators, maintain a low ...

Nature doesn’t hand out invisibility cloaks, but some animals come awfully close. Instead of relying on speed or toxins to stay alive, these animals take a quieter route and vanish. Camouflage is a ...

Quick Take Saltwater crocodiles are the world’s largest living reptiles. They ambush prey with camouflage and patience and glide slowly to avoid ripples before a rapid strike. Attacks start at the ...

This moldy pancake is actually the flowery flounder (Bothus mancus), a vivid plane of a fish that expertly changes its color to match its surroundings. The very flat fish’s dorsal (top) side is ...

Small shrimps of the genus Hippolyte have the ability to change color to camouflage themselves in the algae where they live and escape predators. Depending on the algae they are in, they can turn red, ...

Denise’s pygmy seahorse, barely larger than a fingernail, blends perfectly with its coral home. Found in the western Pacific, ...

Come hear a story about camouflaged creatures at the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge! This free children’s program will teach participants that camouflage is an essential ...

Machine generated contents note: 1. Animal camouflage: an introduction / Martin Stevens and Sami Merilaita; 2. Crypsis through background matching / Sami Merilaita and Martin Stevens; 3. The ...

Octopuses conceal themselves in their surroundings using chromatophores—cells that can change pigment dynamically—to match the colors of the seafloor, reef systems, and even other animals. But they ...