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 ...

Here are five animals that are colour blind or see very limited colours.

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 ...

A new paper from the University of Melbourne reveals how animals use beautiful but unreliable iridescent colours as communication signals. Special adaptations enable animals to control how these ...

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 ...

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 never ceases to amaze with its clever adaptations, and eye colour changes in animals stand out as one of the coolest tricks up its sleeve. While human eye colour stays pretty much the same, ...

A new paper sheds light on the colorful world of animal communication, highlighting the challenges of studying accurately how iridescent colors work in nature. A new paper from the University of ...