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Tag: camouflage

Playing dress-up with crabs
Biology

Playing dress-up with crabs

Some crabs enjoy attaching material to their carapaces to decorate themselves – what are the mechanisms at play?
August 23, 2022 Valeria Contreras
Gobies get by with a little help from their friends
Behavior

Gobies get by with a little help from their friends

Lower stress levels due to safety in numbers might limit the fish's ability to camouflage.
November 12, 2021November 22, 2021 Pablo Brenes Coto
Hiding at its best: Ultra-black fish of the deep sea
Book Review deep sea Evolution

Hiding at its best: Ultra-black fish of the deep sea

Animals stay hidden from predators using different skin colors and patterns as camouflage. Scientists recently discovered a unique way some…
October 22, 2020October 20, 2020 Tejashree Modak
A Deep Water Dimmer Switch: How Fish Use Light as Camouflage
Evolution

A Deep Water Dimmer Switch: How Fish Use Light as Camouflage

The deep sea can be a dangerous place to be a fish. Certain fish at this depth have been known…
July 27, 2020August 19, 2020 Riley Henning
Marine Halloween: Crabs Dress Up To Trick-or-Treat
Biology

Marine Halloween: Crabs Dress Up To Trick-or-Treat

Dressing up is a Halloween tradition. In the ocean, some animals 'dress up' to trick their predators or go unnoticed…
October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 Megan Chen
Behavior Biology Ecology Natural History

Costume Age: some crabs are too young to start dressing up

Well, it’s that time of year again where hoards of costumed kids roam the streets in search of candy. While…
October 26, 2016 Gordon Ober
Behavior Biology Ecology Evolution Natural History

Fooled Ya! How marine animals stay hidden in plain sight

It’s April Fools’ Day! Today’s the day when you try to prank people, convince them your lies are true, and…
April 1, 2016April 1, 2016 Rebecca Flynn
Biology Book Review Evolution Genetics

Seeing with skin: the secret to octopus camouflage

Capable of blending into the environment in a matter of seconds, the octopus in no normal sea creature. But just…
June 26, 2015June 26, 2015 Ashley Marranzino
Biology Ecology Fisheries

One fish, two fish, red fish… glow fish?

Biofluorescence of coral is well studied, but in this paper, Sparks et al. aimed to investigate the little known details…
May 21, 2014 Sarah Fuller
Biology

From sea to glowing sea: many fish are found to biofluoresce

Bioluminescence, or light generation, has long caught our eye in the dark ocean water, but researchers have recently discovered how…
January 13, 2014January 13, 2014 Zoe Ruge
Biology

Cuttlefish camouflage: A new method for studying the masters of disguise

Squid, octopus, and cuttlefish are considered masters of disguise in the ocean. But how do they do it? A recent…
December 6, 2013December 6, 2013 Lis Henderson

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