Five new animal species that camouflage themselves as excrement or bark reveal some of what still remains hidden in the world ...

It’s Halloween every day for the bone collector caterpillar. The moth larva decorates its drag-along dwelling with scavenged body parts from dead insects. This ghastly getup may allow the creatures to ...

A walking stick insect camouflages with a chamise shrub in southern California. The ability of the the insect, Timema cristinae, to be well camouflaged affects other insects living on the same plant.

Around the world, animals blend into their environment using the colors, shapes and patterns of their bodies. Sometimes these camouflaged creatures are predators, like owls indistinguishable from tree ...

Insects that look like flowers: Nature is often described as a battlefield, but for some predators, it is a masquerade ball. While most creatures use camouflage to vanish into the background, a select ...