Predation is an instinctive animal behavior that involves the pursuit, capture, and immediate killing of animals for food. Birds that capture insects in flight, starfish that attack marine invertebrates, and tigers that pursue gazelle are all examples...

Methods of concealment and deception in hunting and in warfare has been practiced since antiquity. Camouflage has become a complex military tool that involves concealment and deception. We readily think of concealment as the merging of troops, weapons,...

Camouflage, also known as cryptic coloration or concealing coloration, allows an otherwise visible organism or object to remain indiscernible from the surrounding environment. Examples include a tiger's stripes and the battledress of a modern soldier....

A gunman wearing a camouflage helmet took over a small outpatient medical center Monday, sending patients, nurses and doctors fleeing amid reported gunshots, before surrendering to end the 2 1/2-hour standoff.Jason Murphy, 19, was taken into custody without incident, and no one was injured in...

A day after heavily armed officers surrounded his fortified compound, a convicted tax evader said Friday he believes federal agents planned to raid his home before they were discovered by one of his supporters.Federal authorities said they were only guarding Ed and Elaine Brown's 110-acre...

Turkey day came early for one New Jersey family when one of the wild birds crashed through a house window and made a big mess. The episode began around 3 p.m. Monday when Lisa Lane, her daughter, Lauren, and notably,...

Two Army paratroopers are in jail, accused of selling drugs and body armor to an undercover FBI agent who also was offered a military Humvee and a 105 mm howitzer.Joffre "Trey" Cross, 21, and Jason Scott Niewoit, 18, both Army privates in the 82nd Airborne...