Nature comes in a variety of striking colors, but all that beauty didn't evolve for our enjoyment. Conspicuous colors tend to be signals, often helping animals woo mates or warn predators. Yet the ...

Through their studies of bones, fossils, and geology, paleontologists have uncovered the prehistoric worlds of Earth's past. We watch movies and TV shows of computer generated versions of long-extinct ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

When you think of color-change artists of the animal world, you probably think chameleons, but these other cool beasts can change color, too. This cephalopod—that means big-headed, tentacled ...

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 ...

Jan. 23 (UPI) --A new video camera system is giving humans a glimpse into how animals see colors in motion as they navigate nature, researchers say. "Each animal has a unique set of photoreceptors, ...

How do we know whether nonhuman animals—mammals, birds, fish—can distinguish colors? Rob Loughridge Honolulu, Hawaii Scientists understand color vision in nonhuman animals by studying the properties ...