Animals are amazing, and they can be even more amazing if they change color to match their environment. Here is a review of ...

Some cats, however, are born with eyes that are so pretty it's almost unfair. Recently, one Maine Coon cat mom took to TikTok ...

"The way we perceive colors could be very different from the way other animals perceive it." This is especially true in marine systems. Because of the way light travels through water, red is absorbed ...

Animals were able to see colors long before species developed the riot of ... Bees, for example, use UV light to distinguish different flowers. “The colors that we see aren’t what matters to ...

The study focuses on two different types of color signals that animals use – warning and sexual. It also analyzes the color signals that plants use for flowers and fruits. In plants, conspicuous ...

Axolotls come in a few different colors. If they are pink it was a trait passed down from their parents, similar to a dog’s coat. These 9 animals can actually change color .

Nature showcases remarkable transformations as baby animals exhibit appearances drastically different from their adult forms.

There are more than 11,000 different bird species in the world that have a variety of colors. Recently, a group of scientists at Washington University in St. Louis wrote a study about why birds ...

For the first time, scientists have decoded the full-body color patterns of a dinosaur, a new study says—apparently one-upping last week's announcement of a partial recreation.

The split-color crustacean's blue side is, in adherence to gender reveal party norms, male, while the red is female. Bowie was caught by a lobster fisherman off the coast of Maine and has since ...

Color and iridescence in the animal kingdom One way animals produce color is by pigments produced by the cells. In birds, the pigment melanin generates black, gray, brown, and orange colors.

A University of Arizona study found color vision evolved in animals 500 million years ago, far earlier than colorful plants. Warning color signals appeared 150 million years ago, preceding sexual ...