Have fun learning about how animals use camouflage to hunt and survive in “Now You See It. Now You Don’t,” a family-oriented nature program sponsored by the Lake County Forest Preserve District.
Most of us are familiar with the idea of camouflage. Everywhere you go, you can see people in “camo” clothing, hats, boots and jackets. This style is typically earth tone greens and browns in a ...
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 ways ...
The whitetail deer ran from a clump of aspen trees as I rounded the corner of the road. I knew it was a whitetail because as they run, they stick their big white tail straight up into the air. As I ...
The animal world is full of trickery and concealment. To evade predators and sneak up on prey, animals must often distort their true appearance. In order to pull of these subterfuges, animals have ...
In the wild, survival often depends on the ability to hide in plain sight. Many animals have evolved the remarkable ability to change their color, blending seamlessly into their surroundings to avoid ...
Stare at this picture for long enough and you might be able to make out the outline of a Mossy Leaf-tailed Gecko on a tree in Montagne d'Ambre National Park in Northern Madagascar. Many animals are ...
Machine generated contents note: 1. Animal camouflage: an introduction / Martin Stevens and Sami Merilaita; 2. Crypsis through background matching / Sami Merilaita and Martin Stevens; 3. The ...
Stare at this picture for long enough and you might be able to make out the outline of a Mossy Leaf-tailed Gecko on a tree in Montagne d'Ambre National Park in Northern Madagascar. Many animals are ...