Many mammals have fur the color of brown and black. Why don't they have more exotic colors, like purple and neon pink?

Animals do all sorts of things to attract each other as potential mates. Many birds, for example, produce feathers with ...

Most mammals wear coats of brown, black, and gray, while parrots flash brilliant reds, reef fish shimmer in electric blue, and chameleons shift between greens and golds. This disparity is not random.

Researchers at the University of Granada and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence have demonstrated a link between urbanization and the plumage color of birds. Species that thrive in ...

These gorgeous, long-tailed marine creatures—formerly known as Siamese fighting fish—have been famous for centuries for their aggressive nature, which breeders have exploited in order to fight them, ...

Nature’s natural colors can be breathtaking. Tropical birds are famous for their brightly colored feathers, and many fish species are dazzling. There are gorgeous insects that look like they’re ...

A recent study finds that color vision evolved in animals more than 100 million years before the emergence of colorful fruits and flowers. And there has been a dramatic explosion of color signals in ...

Nature is truly a marvelous thing. The world around us is filled with vibrant natural color that can astonish and inspire. Aside from flora, nature is filled with lizards, birds, and fish that often ...

Zebras, a children’s tale goes, became striped after “standing half in the shade and half out of it.” While the author, Rudyard Kipling, wasn’t a biologist, his story may hold some truth: research ...

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