Animals are living color. Wasps buzz with painted warnings. Birds shimmer their iridescent desires. Fish hide from predators with body colors that dapple like light across a rippling pond. And all ...

Animals sculpt the optical properties of their tissues at the nanoscale to give themselves “structural colors.” New work is piecing together how they do it. Peacocks, panther chameleons, scarlet ...

In a new study in Biology Letters, researchers show that humidity can temporarily change the color of a North American sweat ...

Not all animals perceive the world in color the way humans do. Evolution has equipped each species with unique visual abilities tailored to their needs, whether it’s spotting predators, hunting prey, ...

Some bees change color with the weather, reveals new research. Humidity can temporarily alter the shimmering hues of certain ...

The vivid colors and designs animals use to interact with their environments have awed and inspired since before people learned to draw on the cave wall. But how different creatures in the animal ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Peacocks, panther chameleons, scarlet macaws, clown fish, toucans, blue-ringed octopuses, and so many more: The animal kingdom has countless denizens with extraordinarily colorful beauty. But in many ...

From the striking rainbow colors of parrots in the rainforest to the brilliant flashes of yellows, oranges and blues in coral reefs, vibrantly colorful wildlife abounds in tropical ecosystems. But ...

This blog explores animals in the shades that often represent the emotions and preferences of people. Whether your favorite shade is red, blue, green, yellow, pink, purple, black, or white, there is ...