A team of biologists in Montana and Germany has found that, regardless of type, those insects that express a protective stick- or leaf-like appearance all evolved the same basic body parts.

Experts recommend leaving around 3 to 5 inches of leaves. Spread the leaves around your yard like mulch — avoiding smothering plants directly by piling the leaves on open soil instead.

Their tiny bodies are covered with green structures called cerata, which look like leaves and give them a larger surface area for gas exchange. Growing to 0.3 inches (8 millimeters) long ...

Their cousins that have smaller fleshy leaves like the well-known grey desert roses do this exceptionally well and are a joy to work with in this way. To do this, gently twist off the entire leaf ...

The example par excellence is Silicon Valley. Who wouldn’t want to have an innovation cluster that spawns world-leading corporations decade after decade, from Hewlett-Packard in the 1930s to Apple Inc ...

A venomous snake, gaboon viper hides among leaves to avoid detection by predators. The frog’s coloration and horn-like extensions make it nearly invisible among the surrounding leaves. Leaf insects ...

Finally, Dubow draws a parallel between the celebrity “cutout” dress fashion trend and fenestrated plants --- those with holes in their leaves, like split-leaf Philodendron and Monstera.