Animal colour patterns remain a lively focus of evolutionary and behavioural ecology,
despite the considerable conceptual and technical developments over the last four decades …

Highlights•Camouflage during motion might be ineffective against predation.•I tested
whether dynamic colour change could be advantageous during motion.•Stimulus with …

Color signals which mediate behavioral interactions across taxa and contexts are often
thought of as color'patches'–parts of an animal that appear colorful compared to other parts …

For over 150 years, researchers have investigated the anti-predator function of animal
patterns. However, this work has mainly focused on when prey remain still, and has only …

Highlights•Moving slowly helps, but dynamic visual background noise also conceals
motion.•Dappled forest light and underwater caustics dramatically reduce object …

Animal camouflage has long been used to illustrate the power of natural selection, and
provides an excellent testbed for investigating the trade‐offs affecting the adaptive value of …

Highlights•Antipredator coloration is common and often multifunctional.•Different functions
are important at different phases of the predation sequence.•We address functions of the …

Colour patterns (eg irregular, spotted or barred forms) are widespread in the animal
kingdom, yet their potential role as signals of quality has been mostly neglected. However, a …

Animal colour patterns are a model system for understanding evolution because they are
unusually accessible for study and experimental manipulation. This is possible because …

For camouflage to succeed, an individual has to pass undetected, unrecognized or
untargeted, and hence it is the processing of visual information that needs to be deceived …