Within species, color variations are found throughout the animal kingdom, including melanistic animals with more dark pigmentation and leucistic animals with a reduction of pigment. There are black ...

When you think of blood, the first colour that probably comes to mind is red. That’s true for most animals, including humans.

While some plants can produce blue pigments because of anthocyanins, most creatures in the animal kingdom are unable to make blue pigments. Thus, the colour blue in animals is typically the result ...

The images below each show a scene as viewed by a human. Drag the slider to the left to see how an animal would see the same scene. Whereas human eyes contain three types of colour-detecting cells, ...

For years, scientists felt like the fish they were watching watched them back. A new study suggests they can recognize a ...

From helping them find mates to bettering their ability to camouflage, marks on animals and birds serve various purposes.

In addition, successful urban bird species have more elaborate colours in their plumage, which is especially true for females. Cities seem to favour more colourful birds -- probably because there are ...

Colour in some of the Museum's delicate collections can prove challenging to preserve. Pigments in organisms including plants, birds and fish can decline quickly after an animal dies. For example, ...

Through some fascinating demonstrations, we witness how language and memory influence colour perception. We also learn how animals see the world in ways invisible to humans. Some snakes ...

It thus attempts to show that the very existence of most of the brilliant colours of the organic world is due to the influence of the colour sense in animals. The author adopts, with some ...

Using the latest camera technology, David Attenborough reveals the extraordinary ways in which animals use colour: to win a mate, to fight off rivals and to warn enemies. Show more The natural ...