Similar to camouflage is disguise, in which the entire insect looks like a specific object, like a leaf or a twig that predators overlook. For these strategies to work, the animal must stay in a ...

Scientists have captured footage of the sea creatures using four distinct color-shifting techniques to trick their prey ...

Trying to catch a meal in the animal world can generate a whole host of challenges. You must first find the prey, and then ...

These animals are poor flyers, so many species rely on remarkable camouflage to evade predators. Leaf bush-crickets masquerade as leaves. These fake leaves are as varied as real ones, including a ...

A moth found in northern Australia and South-East Asia has an astonishing camouflage trick: it creates an optical illusion to look like a three-dimensional leaf, complete with a raised midrib ...

Leafies are shaped to give themselves near-perfect camouflage in seaweed. But the leaf-like structures are not used for swimming. To move, this species uses two fins—one pectoral and one dorsal ...

Cuttlefish use dazzling camouflage to disguise themselves while ... transform to look like a non-threatening object such as a leaf or coral. “These are masters, the hypnotists of the underwater ...

In the "Leaf" display, for instance ... This serves as a form of motion camouflage, as the downward motion of the stripe counters the more threatening expanding motion as the cuttlefish approaches ...

Scientists have described a nocturnal moth's unique evolutionary trick in replicating the appearance of 3D leaf, with potential applications for the development of advanced camouflage materials ...