What's This?
Colorful Creatures
Why did colorful organisms evolve? Discover some of the amazing ways that animals use color to help them survive.
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Look closely at this mystery photo.
Can you guess what it is?
a forest viewed from above
tiny plants floating on a pond
a lizard hiding among vines on a tree
an insect hiding among moss and lichen
Image Credits:
background pattern gradient and snakeskin texture from Vecteezy.com; katydid, © Thomas Marent/Minden Pictures; owl moth, © Rolf Nussbaumer Photography/Alamy; scorpion fish, © Jake Timms/Alamy; snipe, © Richard Tadman/Alamy; Prosoplecta, courtesy of Beccaloni GW/CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; orchid mantis, courtesy of Luc Viatour/https://Lucnix.be/CC BY-SA 3.0; fan-throated lizard, © Shutterstock; fighting fish, © Shutterstock; red-collared lorikeet, courtesy of JJ Harrison/CC BY-SA 4.0; red-breast Jezebel butterflies, © H. Lansdown/Alamy; mandrill, © Shutterstock; peacock jumping spider, © Biosphoto/Alamy.