A reanalysis of a 1919 study suggests that a separate illusion, the "horizon effect," played a bigger role in warping visual ...

The study, published last week by Aston University researchers in the journal i-Perception, recreated one of the few solid ...

At our current level of technology, more practical efforts focus on what is known as active camouflage. This is more akin to the way animals like squid and chameleons alter their appearance to ...

Dazzle camouflage used by navy in WWI had surprisingly little impact, study suggests - Separate ‘horizon effect’ played much ...

Camouflage using chromatophores is particularly impressive because chromatophore pigments are typically only red, yellow, or brown (Hanlon et al., 2011). Yet there are certainly other colors that ...

LANZHOU -- Researchers have recently uncovered the genetic basis of camouflage in Corydalis hemidicentra, an alpine plant and ...

While sneaking up on prey, cuttlefish employ a dynamic skin display to avoid detection in last moments of approach, researchers have found.

Turns out, dazzle camouflage wasn’t the main reason enemy subs were misled in World War I, it was a natural visual illusion called the “horizon effect.” Aston University scientists revisited a century ...