protective colouration
1protective coloration — noun coloration making an organism less visible or attractive to predators • Topics: ↑zoology, ↑zoological science • Hypernyms: ↑coloration, ↑colouration • Hyponyms: ↑aposematic coloration, ↑ …
2Animal colouration — has been a topic of interest and research in biology for well over a century. Colours may be cryptic (functioning as an adaptation allowing the prevention of prey detection; aposematic (functioning as a warning of unprofitability) or may be the… …
3Alfred Russel Wallace — Infobox Scientist name = Alfred Russel Wallace image width = 200px caption = Alfred Russel Wallace birth date = birth date|1823|1|8|df=yes birth place = Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales death date = death date and age|1913|11|7|1823|1|8|df=yes death… …
4Countershading — employed by the grey reef shark. The original drawings from Thayer s 1902 pate …
5Homosexuality in speculative fiction — (SF) refers to the incorporation of gay themes into science fiction or fantasy fiction and related genres. Such elements may include a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transexual LGBT character as the protagonist or a major character, or exploration of… …
6Camouflage (disambiguation) — Camouflage may refer to:*Camouflage, protective colouration meant to disguise animals, people, or military equipment **Military camouflage used for uniforms, vehicles, and ships *Camouflage passport, a document intended to disguise the true… …
7Mimicry — For other uses, see Mimic (disambiguation). Plate from Henry Walter Bates (1862) illustrating Batesian mimicry between Dismorphia species (top row, third row) and various Ithomiini (Nymphalidae, second row, bottom row) In …
8Animal coloration — Chapman s Zebras in Botswana, displaying their outline disrupting camouflage Animal coloration has been a topic of interest and research in biology for well over a century. According to Charles Darwin s 1859 theory of natural selection,[1 …
9Coral reef fish — The fish that inhabit coral reefs are numerous and diverse. Coral reef fish are fish which live amongst or in close relation to coral reefs. Coral reefs form complex ecosystems with tremendous biodiversity. Among the myriad inhabitants, the fish… …
10Cephalopod — Cephalopods Temporal range: Devonian – Recent[1] (Stem groups from Cambrian)[2] …
