Researchers discover a new way fish camouflage themselves in the ocean
Monday, June 3, 2013 - 18:30
in Biology & Nature
Researchers found that lookdown fish camouflage themselves through a complex manipulation of polarized light after it strikes the fish skin. Fish can hide in the open ocean by manipulating how light reflects off their skin, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. The discovery could someday lead to the development of new camouflage materials for use in the ocean, and it overturns 40 years of conventional wisdom about fish camouflage.