A recent study has illuminated the evolutionary journey of color vision in animals, revealing a surprising timeline: animals developed the ability to see colors around 500 million years ago—well ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. strawberry poison dart frog on a leaf Nature comes in a variety of striking colors, but all that beauty didn't evolve for our ...

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 ...

Color change in animals is a response shaped by evolution. Each species has developed its own method and reason for this ability, like an overreliance on light or temperature cues, or a physiological ...

A new camera system allows ecologists and filmmakers to produce videos that accurately replicate the colors that different animals see in natural settings. A new camera system allows ecologists and ...

Q. I live near Charleston, South Carolina, and recently spotted a blue anole sunning itself. I am familiar with our common green and brown anoles, but this one made me look twice. His tail had been ...

Even some animals have two coats: one for summer to match the bare ground and a winter white to match the snow. But the study found some possible refuges for these creatures: Geographic regions that ...

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 ...

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 ...