Any animal’s eye color is determined by its levels of two melanin pigments: eumelanin, which makes brown-black, and ...

Explore the evolution of colors on Earth, from muted tones to vibrant hues and how vision contributed to this transformation.

With more time, the fish may learn to pay attention to more subtle human features, such as hands or hair. According to the ...

An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...

In February 2024, government veterinarians in the Czech Republic investigating a bird flu outbreak found themselves in the ...

Watch a pond light up with glowing alligator eyes. There's so many of them, and they're bellowing ferociously.

James Wade of MedievalMadness took a vivid look at how certain colors were perceived during the Middle Ages, particularly ...

Cleaner, more pure water backscatters light in the blue range, which makes it look blue. One famous example is Crater Lake in ...

All kinds of animals use conspicuous colors. Research from biologists at the University of Arizona found it's a quirk of ...

Day two of a cat show and contest kicks off at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Sunday morning. The event started Saturday with ...

If there's one thing that's clear, it's the insatiable curiosity of human beings to know everything around them, not only around the planet, but even outside it. However, it is wor ...