Birds are some of the most diverse animals in nature, coming in all different colors. Birds come in a wide range of colors, ...

Bold hues of red, orange, yellow, blue and purple help plants and animals communicate with their own species and others in their efforts to survive. Vivid orange dart frogs warn predators of their ...

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 ...

In nature, it's not uncommon to observe animals that change color with the seasons. You may have heard of the arctic fox or the mountain hare, which are white in winter and brown in summer. This ...

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 ...