Hiding in plain sight - the art of camouflage
Whether to deceive their prey or to avoid becoming lunch themselves, our Senior Conservation Ecologist, Andy Karran, shows us some of the amazing ways that animals have evolved to use camouflage…
Whether to deceive their prey or to avoid becoming lunch themselves, our Senior Conservation Ecologist, Andy Karran, shows us some of the amazing ways that animals have evolved to use camouflage…
A summer visitor, the wheatear is a handsome chat, with black cheeks, white eyestripes, a blue back and a pale orange chest. Look for it on upland heaths and moors.
Here is an insight into what the Wild Health Project got up to during its first year. Scroll down for some of our 2022 Highlights!
The Lives of Moths - A Natural History of our Planet’s Moth Life written by Andrei Sourakov and Rachel Warren Chadd as reviewed by Andrew Cormack.
Plant flowers that release their scent in the evening to attract moths and, ultimately, bats looking for an insect-meal into your garden.
The peppered moth is renowned for its markings that have evolved to camouflage it against lichen in the countryside and soot in the city. It can be seen in gardens, woods and parks, and along…
One of the few moths that fly in winter, often seen in car headlights.
Dyma gipolwg ar yr hyn wnaeth y Prosiect Iechyd Gwyllt yn ystod ei flwyddyn gyntaf. Sgroliwch i lawr i weld rhai o uchafbwyntiau 2022!
The angle shades can be well-hidden among the leaf litter - its pinky-brown markings and scalloped wings giving it the perfect camouflage. It is on the wing in gardens, woods and hedgerows from…
Able to camouflage itself to its surroundings, the European flounder is one of our many amazing flatfish!
Masters of disguise, this species exhibits one of the best examples of camouflage you will find on the seashore!
The undulate ray has beautiful wavy patterns on its back, which helps it camouflage against the sandy seabed.