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 ...

Many animals in the tropics are colorful for a number of reasons, including some you might not expect. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

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 ...

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 ...

It is one of the oldest mysteries in science. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Octopuses might be nature's ultimate weirdos: They ...

The world's first birds, along with dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, likely sported colorful, patterned exteriors. Paleontologists have long speculated that such animals were colorful, but ...