The ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus) exhibits an intricate skin color pattern made of
monochromatic black and green skin scales, whose dynamics of color flipping are known to …

Animal camouflage serves a dual purpose in that it enhances both predation efficiency and
anti‐predation strategies, such as background matching, disruptive coloration …

Background matching and disruptive coloration are common camouflage strategies in
nature, but few studies have accurately measured their protective value in living organisms …

Avoiding recognition involves the use of extraordinary strategies, among which camouflage
is the most common. Crypsis, a usual form of camouflage, involves, among many other …

Protective defense mechanisms are well documented across the animal kingdom, but there
are still examples of antipredator defenses that do not fit easily into the current …

Animals living in heterogeneous natural environments adopt different camouflage strategies
against different backgrounds, and behavioral adaptation is crucial for their survival …

Animal camouflage serves the dual purpose of enhancing predation or anti-predation
efficiency through strategies such as background matching, disruptive coloration …

Predation is one of the strongest and most important selection pressures to be faced in the
animal kingdom. Indeed, it is from this central biological problem of defence and self …