A central goal of animal ecology is to observe species in the natural world. The cost and
challenge of data collection often limit the breadth and scope of ecological study. Ecologists …

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 …

Biological coloration presents a canvas for the study of ecological and evolutionary
processes. Enduring interest in colour‐based phenotypes has driven, and been driven by …

Quantifying the abundance of species is essential to ecology, evolution, and conservation.
The distribution of species abundances is fundamental to numerous longstanding questions …

Citizen science platforms are quickly accumulating hundreds of millions of biodiversity
observations around the world annually. Quantifying and correcting for the biases in citizen …

To understand the function of colour signals in nature, we require robust quantitative
analytical frameworks to enable us to estimate how animal and plant colour patterns appear …

Preys in the wild evolve to be camouflaged to avoid being recognized by predators. In this
way, camouflage acts as a key defence mechanism across species that is critical to survival …

Not all camouflages are equally effective, as even a partially visible contour or a slight color
difference can make the animal stand out and break its camouflage. In this paper, we …

Animal colour patterns are a model system for understanding evolution because they are
unusually accessible for study and experimental manipulation. This is possible because …

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 …