How the zebra got its stripes is not only a just-so story, but an object of scientific inquiry. New research suggests that stripes help zebras evade biting flies and the deadly diseases they carry.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Camouflage
Displaying all articles
Citizen science game offered clues to why shore crabs get greener as they grow.
Reconstructing the colours of the feathered Sinosauropteryx gives hints about its habitat and lifestyle.
We're used to thinking of our eyes detecting light as the foundation of our visual system. But what's going on in other cells throughout the body that can detect light, too?
Puff adders have developed impressive techniques to avoid being detected by predators.
It is one of the most controversial questions in nature. Now a group of British researchers have shed light on the answer.
Why does the zebra have stripes? Researchers are investigating whether it is to confuse predators when they're on the move.
Last week, a new frog capable of shape-shifting, was discovered. Though many other animals use camouflage, there are only a few other species known which can actually shift their shape.
Brown or yellow, the dottyback fish has a colour for every occasion, and every habitat.
The animal kingdom is full of incredible examples of camouflage, with animals resembling objects found in their environment such as sticks or leaves, or displaying colour patterns that permit them to blend…
A new camouflage system automatically reads its environment to blend into the background. A team led by mechanical engineers…
Scientists from the National Autonomous University of Mexico have discovered a new species of spider — that covers itself…
Camouflage is the most common defence against predators in nature - but how good such a strategy is depends on two things…
Max Dupain and Frank Hinder are among the many significant artists who contributed decisively to Australia’s modernist tradition. Less well known, however, is that they both worked for Australia’s military…
The West African Gaboon viper’s pattern of cream, yellow, brown and black scales helps it blend in with leaves, but a new…
When most people think of colour change, they think of octopuses or chameleons - but the ability to rapidly change colour is surprisingly widespread. Many species of crustaceans, insects, cephalopods (squid…
Have you ever wondered why coral reef fishes are so brilliantly coloured and bizarrely patterned? A quick flick through any coral reef fish guide will leave you bewildered and awed. To answer this question…
Job Board
Where experts find jobs
-
Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer, Accounting
-
Student Recruitment Officer
-
Engineer, Apple Endpoint Computing
-
Administrative Officer
-
Associate Professor/Professor in Functional Proteomics
Top contributors
-
Research Associate, University of Western Australia
-
Senior Lecturer and ARC Australian Research Fellow, Zoology, University of Melbourne
-
Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Queensland
-
Associate Professor, Department of Art History, University of Sydney
-
Lecturer, University of Exeter
-
Professor of Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Ecology, University of California, Davis
-
PhD Researcher in Marine Ecology, University of Exeter
-
Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology
-
Postdoctoral associate, The University of Queensland
-
Senior Lecturer in Behavioural Ecology, Nottingham Trent University
-
Professor of Psychology, University of St Andrews
-
Research Fellow, University of St Andrews
-
Professor of Herpetology, Environmental Physiology and Physiology, Ecology and Evolution, University of the Witwatersrand
-
PhD Candidate, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
-
Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
