An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...

Photograph by Joel Sartore/National Geographic High in the crisp ... For the red panda, its colors are crucial camouflage: not only are these animals shy and solitary by nature, they are also ...

This story appears in the July 2016 issue of National Geographic ... a century-old hypothesis about why some animals sport high-contrast patterns. Unlike camouflage, which allows prey to blend ...

Leafies are shaped to give themselves near-perfect camouflage in seaweed ... It is not known if they are preyed upon by other animals. They are, however, frequently taken by divers seeking ...

The plant gives it a greenish tint that is useful camouflage in the trees of its ... If caught on land, these animals have no chance to evade predators, such as big cats, and must try to defend ...

They’re also one of the world’s largest arthropods, animals with no backbone ... adorn their shells with sponges or anemones for camouflage. Juvenile Japanese spider crabs will do this ...

Their coloring can be yellowish, gray, or reddish-brown depending on the environment they inhabit, and, combined with their shape, affords them considerable camouflage on the surface. They feed ...

The plant gives it a greenish tint that is useful camouflage in the trees of its ... If caught on land, these animals have no chance to evade predators, such as big cats, and must try to defend ...