The animal world is incredibly colorful, and behind this color palette is a constant game of survival.

In this series of posts, I have challenged science students to explain complex topics in as simple a manner as possible (but not simpler). In this post, 18-year old biochemistry student Henry Laney ...

Learn nature’s ultimate game of hide-and-seek, and the way to win this game is all in the brain. See how they trick the brain to make themselves invisible — and what this can teach us about how other ...

Camouflage is complicated. It comes in multiple styles, and some animals use more than one to fool predators. A red fox lies in wait, camouflaged in the autumn woods in Italy's Gran Paradiso National ...

Georgia Institute of Technology provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. The animal kingdom is full of incredible examples of camouflage, with animals resembling objects found in their ...

Scientists investigated the camouflage of ground-nesting birds in Zambia, using sophisticated digital imaging to demonstrate how they would appear from the perspective of a predator. A ground-breaking ...

There are a lot of animals on Earth that use camouflage to blend in with their surroundings, but perhaps one of the better examples of this in action is the humble leaf insect, which can look exactly ...

Plants use many of the same methods as animals to camouflage themselves, a new study shows. Plants use many of the same methods as animals to camouflage themselves, a new study shows. Research on ...