Animals use camouflage for several important reasons ... Crabs can use mimicry to blend in and avoid being detected by predators in the sea—for example, the decorator crab.

The false stonefish, Scorpaenopsis diabolus, employs several camouflage tactics to hide from its prey and strike unexpectedly. It is the colour and texture of the sand and rocks at the sea bed. It ...

Animals camouflage themselves to avoid predators ... These octopuses can mimic over 15 sea creatures; some of the most common are lionfish and sea snakes. To simulate the lionfish, an octopus ...

The active camouflage displayed by octopuses is unrivaled, but we don't have a clear idea of what it costs the octopus to change its color and, in some cases, texture.

Sea dragons are some of the most ornately camouflaged creatures on the planet ... Leafies are shaped to give themselves near-perfect camouflage in seaweed. But the leaf-like structures are ...