Have we always used camouflage? While it wasn't necessary in ancient and medieval times, the patterns are used for modern conflict. For anyone living in the 21st century, it’s hard to imagine a battle ...

Desert camouflage has gone through a host of updates since the war in Iraq began, in an effort to make troops harder to spot in sandy and dusty environments there. US Marines wear a digital pattern ...

FORT BENNING, Ga., (June 3, 2015) -- If you can't see it, you can't attack it. Since the conflicts of the 18th century, that's been the thinking behind military camouflage. Today, when it's applied to ...

Inspired by the octopus, we’re on the road to creating materials that render things almost invisible. Yet as Philip Ball points out, the history of camouflage and our limited understanding of how ...