Snakes' secret language of ultraviolet color: A hidden world of predator evasion and camouflage
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 ...
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Early Mammals' Fur Had No Color, Was All Dark Grey
Our earliest mammalian ancestors avoided the dominant dinosaurs by only coming out at night and having uniformly dark, ...
The rise of color vision in animals: Study maps dramatic 100-million-year explosion in color signals
This is a classic example of sexual selection using color signaling. Conspicuous colors are also displayed by toxic animal ...
5 unique animals that are blue in colour
While some plants can produce blue pigments because of anthocyanins, most creatures in the animal kingdom are unable to make ...
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10 Animals That Change Color
#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.
10 animals that are colour blind
From household pets to deep-sea predators, these animals experience life in a unique way. Let’s explore 10 fascinating ...
Melanosome patterns in Mesozoic mammals suggest they had dark, uniformly dull fur coloring
An international team of paleontologists, geoscientists and biologists has found via analysis of melanosome patterns in ...
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Snakes use invisible colors to outsmart predators
The study shows that UV colors are widespread in snakes, and may play a significant role in evading predators such as birds.
Dogs have a favorite color above all others, according to new research
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 ...
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How do other animals see the world?
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, ...
Orange alligators have been spotted in South Carolina. Here’s what’s causing the color change
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.
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Rainbow nature: most colourful creatures
Colour: it is a method of finding a mate ... But the Mandarin fish is one of just two species in the animal kingdom where blue colouration is known to be caused in this way. The other one is a closely ...