Receive emails about upcoming NOVA programs and related content, as well as featured reporting about current events through a science lens. All light travels through the air as waves that vibrate in ...

Lookdowns outperforms by up to 80 percent the 'mirror' strategy that was previously thought to be state-of-the-art in fish camouflage Fish can hide in the open ocean by manipulating how light reflects ...

AUSTIN, Texas, June 3 (UPI) -- Researchers in Texas say they've discovered a new way fish camouflage themselves in the ocean, by manipulating how light reflects off their skin. Scientists at the ...

Certain fish species, such as the lookdown (Selene vomer), can alter the way light reflects off them to hide from predators.Erich Schelgel It’s not easy to hide if you live in the open ocean. To avoid ...

It’s like a half-hearted dress up party: gobies don’t camouflage completely in groups, new research finds. They change colour to avoid detection by predators and do so faster and better when alone. In ...

A new material derived from a dazzling fish that can quickly change colours could be ideal for camouflage technology. Nature continues to inspire a whole range of advanced technologies, particularly ...

Researchers found that lookdown fish camouflage themselves through a complex manipulation of polarized light after it strikes the fish skin. In laboratory studies, they showed that this kind of ...

Recieve emails about upcoming NOVA programs and related content, as well as featured reporting about current events through a science lens. Soldiers often cloak themselves in camouflage print to hide ...