For the first time ever, marine biologists have measured how much energy octopuses really need to change color — and it's a ...

The findings show that while color vision in animals predates the appearance of colorful fruits by 150 million years and ...

The latest research indicates that animals have been able to distinguish colours for around 500 million years. This ability ...

Lizards in France have grown lighter in color and so are many insects and birds across the globe. The effects of a changing ...

The TL changes to a deep blue, reflecting less light out of the eye. This change helps reindeer see better in the winter's ...

This is a classic example of sexual selection using color signaling. Conspicuous colors are also displayed by toxic animal species, including many venomous snakes and the brilliantly colored ...

A University of Arizona study found color vision evolved in animals 500 million years ago, far earlier than colorful plants.

This week, researchers hypothesized that human culture is distinguished from cultures of other species like whales by unique ...

Researchers discovered that animal color vision evolved long before colorful fruits and flowers, with warning and sexual ...

Color, which plays an important role in the lives of some plants and animals, frequently tells an environmental story and ...

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 ...

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 ...