The shape-shifting clouds of starling birds, the organization of neural networks or the structure of an anthill: nature is full of complex systems whose behaviors can be modeled using mathematical ...

Amidst the highly visible giants of the camouflage industry, a growing number of smaller companies are bringing fresh designs to the landscape that can be tough to spot but are difficult to ignore. If ...

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol. 75, No. 4 (April 2021), pp. 1-12 (12 pages) Camouflage through background matching is a widespread antipredator strategy in which animals blend in with their ...

In 2004, the U.S. Army made a colossal mistake. It introduced a new digital camouflage called the Universal Camouflage Pattern (UCP), a single pattern designed to work across all environments. Only a ...

Last summer, the U.S. Army confirmed that soldiers will begin wearing the new Army Combat Uniform (ACU) that bears the Operational Camouflage Pattern (OCP) – also known as Scorpion W2. They are now ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov. 30, 2015) -- As winter weather approaches and temperatures drop, Soldiers turn to their cold-weather gear to keep warm outdoors while conducting training or ...

Ask the man dubbed “the father of digital camouflage” about fatal flaws in the U.S. military's uniform-concealment choices and he’ll give you a punch line. Then he’ll mention the bottom line. “Never ...

As far as I know, hunting has not become a popular hobby in downtown Manhattan. But you may be forgiven for thinking just that, especially as it’s become hard to walk through Dimes Square without ...