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 ...

Quick, name a color-changing animal. Did you say octopus? Chameleon? Cuttlefish? Excellent work — but there are a lot more. And they may only change color once a ...

The chameleon may be the world’s most recognizable color-changing animal, but that doesn’t mean that it’s the only creature of its type on the planet. There are more than 20 birds and mammals that can ...

A few years ago, Professor Liz Tibbetts stumbled upon something surprising. She noticed that wasps had striking facial features—including fake eyelines and distinctive marks. At the time, people ...

The golden tortoise beetle, native to North America, is known for its striking color changes. This beetle can shift from a shiny gold to a dull red or brown, depending on its mood or environmental ...

Biologists modified simple electronics to create a color vision test for fiddler crabs and other animals. Fiddler crabs have a simple solution to life's daily perils: run. University of Cincinnati ...

They all had conditions that affected their ability to produce skin pigments. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In most major ...

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 ...

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 ...