Then in the 1990s digital photography, machine vision and pattern recognition techniques combined to enable some unique technology developments in visual animal biometrics (VAB). Over the past decade, ...
Many animals get their external marking--like, feathers, hair or scales-from genetics. But it turns out, the crocodile gets its head patterns differently.
Scientists normally explain the spectacular diversity of animal patterns by pointing to genetics. But a study in Nature suggests that, at least for crocodile heads, different forces might be at play.
Around two-thirds of the world’s 35 wild cat species have got fur that’s patterned with spots, rosettes or blotches. This camouflage helps them blend into the background – different species have ...