There are five primary types of animal camouflage: color matching, decoration, active camouflage, mimesis and disruptive coloration. Each of them operates a little differently. Each of the ...

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 ...

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 ...