Fred Kraus, a researcher in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Michigan, was studying snakes in Papua New Guinea when one of his research assistants took the bite ...

Then the animal bit down. More than 20 years later ... with black eyes found at mine and discovered as new species →‘Cryptic’ creatures seen ‘sunning themselves’ in Canada.

Animals with better disguises survived longer and reproduced more successfully, passing their advantageous traits to offspring. The science behind camouflage involves several mechanisms, including ...

Meanwhile, other caterpillars have succeeded in blending in with their environment, using cryptic coloration to avoid detection altogether. One of the most well-known examples of caterpillars eating ...

Imagine stumbling across a tiny creature darting across the African underbrush, its nose twitching and legs pumping like a ...