# Display by Steve Parker (Hardcover)

**Discover nature’s most colourful creatures in a major new book on colour in the animal kingdom.**

For many animals **use of colour is essential to surviving in the wild**. Both a built-in defence mechanism and a cunning tactic for attack, this biological advantage helps animals **hide from dangerous predators** and **catch unsuspecting prey**. It is used in many different ways, primarily to mask one’s identity, movement or location, and changes over time as animals evolve and adapt to live.

This **stunning photographic collection** reveals 100 creatures from around the world paired with fascinating insights from **leading UK zoology author Steve Parker**. Each animal will have a profile of 300 words paired with striking photographic examples featuring a wealth of colour and ingenious uses of colour for display or disguise.  
  
Learn how:

-   **The octopus** can change its opacity, colour and pattern in response to threats.
-   **The walking leaf insect** has evolved a strikingly similar shape and colour to the leaves it eats.
-   **The arctic fox** changes its fur colour to white in the winter, perfectly blending in with the snow – but climate change is disrupting this age-old adaptation.

This study of some of the **most innovative uses of colour** by animals, packed with **beautiful photography and fascinating insights**, will delight all lovers of the natural world.

## Details

- **Price:** 24.5 GBP
- **Vendor:** Ivy Press
- **Type:** Steve Parker
- **Tags:** All Books, Nature

## Variants

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| Default Title | 24.50 GBP | In stock |

## Images

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> Updated: 2026-10-17