Effective camouflage renders a target indistinguishable from irrelevant background objects.
Two interrelated but logically distinct mechanisms for this are background pattern matching …

For camouflage to succeed, an individual has to pass undetected, unrecognized or
untargeted, and hence it is the processing of visual information that needs to be deceived …

Birds' eggshells are renowned for their striking colours and varied patterns. Although often
considered exceptionally diverse, we report that avian eggshell coloration, sampled here …

Optimal camouflage can, in principle, be relatively easily achieved in simple, homogeneous,
environments where backgrounds always have the same colour, brightness and patterning …

Cephalopods have at least 20 body patterns for camouflage, yet these can be organized into
four categories: uniform, stipple, mottle, and disruptive (1). Among them, disruptive …

A prey may achieve camouflage through background matching and through disruptive
coloration. Background matching is based on visual similarity between the prey and its …

Camouflage is perhaps the most widespread anti-predator defense in nature, with many
different types thought to exist. Of these, resembling the general color and pattern of the …

Many hosts of avian brood parasites such as the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) show
refined egg discrimination behaviour. Egg recognition in most open‐nesting hosts seems to …

Despite a recent explosion of research on pattern recognition, in both neuroscience and
computer vision, we lack a basic understanding of how most animals perceive and respond …

Camouflage through background matching is a widespread antipredator strategy in which
animals blend in with their background to avoid detection. To maximise survival in a variable …