Hey, smart people, Joe here. No, over here. You just got fooled by camouflage. You might think your eyes just got tricked, but what I actually just did was take advantage of how your brain has ...

An astonishing number of insects have evolved survival mechanisms that involve mimicry, camouflage, and disguise. In the case of orange-and-black butterflies, the viceroy has evolved a striking ...

When you face an uncomfortable situation, you might choose to run and hide. But wouldn’t it be easier if you could suddenly ...

(via Be Smart) Camouflage is nature’s ultimate game of hide-and-seek, and the secret to winning this game is all in the brain. By studying the masters of disguise, we can see how they trick the brain ...

Why do animals use camouflage? Have you ever worn a disguise? Have you pretended to be someone else or something? Animals do this too. We call this camouflage. A camouflage animal uses different ...

You could challenge your pupils to make camouflaged masks or camouflage themselves against different backgrounds. How have animal skeletons adapted over thousands of years of evolution?

Camouflage using chromatophores is particularly impressive because chromatophore pigments are typically only red, yellow, or brown (Hanlon et al., 2011). Yet there are certainly other colors that ...

At our current level of technology, more practical efforts focus on what is known as active camouflage. This is more akin to the way animals like squid and chameleons alter their appearance to ...