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 …

Animal camouflage has long been used to illustrate the power of natural selection, and
provides an excellent testbed for investigating the trade‐offs affecting the adaptive value of …

Abstract Development of an artificial camouflage at a complete device level remains a vastly
challenging task, especially under the aim of achieving more advanced and natural …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Throughout their lives animals must complete many tasks, including finding food, avoiding
predators, attracting mates, and navigating through a complex and dynamic environment …

Sex determination mechanisms differ among animal species, but it is not clear how these
differences evolve. New sex determiners may arise in response to sexual conflicts, which …

Butterflies are exceptionally diverse but their potential as an experimental system has been
limited by the difficulty of deciphering heterozygous genomes and a lack of genetic …

Disruptive coloration breaks up the shape and destroys the outline of an object, hindering
detection. The principle was first suggested approximately a century ago, but, although …

Animals possess a range of defensive markings to reduce the risk of predation, including
warning colours, camouflage, eyespots and mimicry. These different strategies are …

Camouflage is a key defence across taxa and frequently critical to survival. A common
strategy is background matching, resembling the colour and pattern of the environment. This …