This slim booklet takes up very little space and will take very little time to change the way you think about camouflage. It makes a great gift for young and old alike.

Take a look at the watercolor on the cover. When you discover that it portrays more than Eucalyptus leaves, turn to the back cover to see what happens when concealment's no longer in play. When you have the booklet in hand, coverage on pages 5 and 6 will tell you more about these two images because the booklet's 20 illustrations are presented as Science Art (images of nature accompanied by a caption that provides a science lens).

A decade ago, Darryl Wheye co-authored a book on Science Art with Stanford biologist and President emeritus Donald Kennedy. That book, Humans, Nature and Birds: Science Art from Cave Walls to Computer Screens, was published with assistance from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Public Understanding of Science and Technology Program. It received the 2008 ForeWord magazine Book of the Year Award, in the Nature Category. In contrast to the broad scope of that book, this booklet targets the single topic of camouflage to suggest the nearly unfathomable variation in its occurrence. Recognizing what's required for a species to blend in with its surroundings adds one more element to the significance of climate change.

As soon as production expenses for Camouflage as Science Art are covered, 15 percent of the royalties will go to Science Art-Nature (scienceart-nature.org), a 501(c)3 non-profit that Donald Kennedy, Paul Ehrlich, Tony Angell, Pamela Meadowcroft and Darryl Wheye co-founded in 2009 to raise the visibility of Science Art, inform viewers about nature, and encourage the sustainable use of resources.