Naked mole‐rats express many unusual traits for such a small rodent. Their morphology,
social behaviour, physiology, and ageing have been well studied over the past half‐century …

Anurans may be brightly colored or completely cryptic. Generally, in the former situation, we
are dealing with aposematism, and the latter is an example of camouflage. However, these …

Avoiding Attack discusses the diversity of mechanisms by which prey avoid predator attacks
and explores how such defensive mechanisms have evolved through natural selection. It …

Coloration is a diagnostic tool for identifying mammals, but inquiry into its function has lain
dormant for almost a century. Recently, the topic has been revived and modern phylogenetic …

Understanding how animals achieve simultaneous conspicuousness to intended receivers
and crypsis to unintended receivers requires investigating the distribution, size, and spectral …

Countershading, the gradation of colour from dark on the dorsum to light on the ventrum, is
generally considered to have the effect of making organisms difficult to detect. The …

Of the many visual characteristics of animals, countershading (darker pigmentation on those
surfaces exposed to the most lighting) is one of the most common, and paradoxically one of …

Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) are small rodents native to east Africa, living in
subterranean colonies of up to 300 individuals. Within each colony, reproduction is restricted …

The third edition of a successful and effective book for the introductory course in Animal
Behavior. The text includes strong supportive reviews, a balanced approach and the latest in …

Perception of the body's outline and three-dimensional shape arises from visual cues such
as shading, contour, perspective and texture. When a uniformly coloured prey animal is …