As anyone who has ever been amazed by how well an underwing moth blends in with the bark of a tree upon which it has perched can well attest, some animals possess astonishingly effective concealing coloration. Some – but not all. Why?
As anyone who has ever been amazed by how well an underwing moth blends in with the bark of a tree upon which it has perched can well attest, some animals possess astonishingly effective concealing coloration. Some – but not all. Why?
When it comes to the stuff of which nightmares are commonly made, it’s difficult to find a more commonly employed foundation material than the creatures contained in the Phylum Arthropoda, particularly those included in the Classes Insecta and Arachnida…