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(Ottawa)\u00a0\u2013 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Carleton grad student Richard Webster spends a lot of time trudging through forests looking for moths. It\u2019s not an easy task as the moths are experts at camouflage.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not just about coloration,\u201d says Webster. \u201cIn order to avoid detection, some species of moths even choose the direction in which they lie to align their striped markings to the furrows on a tree\u2019s bark.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of this research, Webster designed a game that asked people to find moths hidden in a forest.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough understanding camouflage, you can also understand why animals are coloured the way they are,\u201d says Webster.<\/p>\n

Under the direction of biology professors Tom Sherratt and Jean-Guy Godin, Webster is also exploring a novel type of camouflage called \u201cdisruptive coloration\u201d which confuses predators by masking the outline of the animal.<\/p>\n

His research has real-world applications ranging from military camouflaged uniforms to building designs in natural settings.<\/p>\n

Webster\u2019s latest research has just been published in The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society which published a special themed issue on what is camouflage and how can we better understand it. \u201cThis prestigious journal has been published by the UK Royal Society since the time of Isaac Newton so it is quite an achievement to be published in it,\u201d says Dr. Sherratt.<\/p>\n

As well as his research, Webster recently placed in the top 20 out of 12,000 other candidates for a UK TV show To the Ends of the Earth, produced by the BBC Natural History Unit \u2500 the same people that brought us Blue Planet and Planet Earth. He competed for a spot to become a wildlife filmmaker.<\/p>\n

Webster is one of many leading edge researchers in the biology department at Carleton University who are looking at real-world topics such as human disease, sustainable energy and conservation of the environment.<\/p>\n

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For more information:<\/strong>
\nRichard Webster
\nrichard.j.webster@googlemail.com
\n613-520-2600, ext. 3866<\/p>\n

Lin Moody
\nMedia Relations
\nCarleton University
\n613-520-2600, ext. 8705<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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