In the study of why and how animals look the way they do, color is king—at least, the range of color humans can see. A ...

Our earliest mammalian ancestors avoided the dominant dinosaurs by only coming out at night and having uniformly dark, ...

This is a classic example of sexual selection using color signaling. Conspicuous colors are also displayed by toxic animal ...

While some plants can produce blue pigments because of anthocyanins, most creatures in the animal kingdom are unable to make ...

#5 Animals That Change Color: Seahorse — Wearing Their Hearts on Their Skin There are 43 recognized species of seahorse , but they all have in common the ability to change their color on a whim.

From household pets to deep-sea predators, these animals experience life in a unique way. Let’s explore 10 fascinating ...

An international team of paleontologists, geoscientists and biologists has found via analysis of melanosome patterns in ...

It’s well known that dogs don’t see as many colors as we do – similar to color blindness in people. Whereas humans have three ...

Labord's chameleons are only found in Western Madagascar and have developed a live fast die young life cycle to cope with the extreme environmental conditions.

The images below each show a scene as viewed by a human. Drag the slider to the left to see how an animal would see the same scene. Whereas human eyes contain three types of colour-detecting cells, ...

The affected alligators are currently emerging from brumation - similar to hibernation in mammals - and over the past few months, these factors have led them to appear orange to onlookers.

Colour in some of the Museum's delicate collections can prove challenging to preserve. Pigments in organisms including plants, birds and fish can decline quickly after an animal dies. For example, ...