Chameleons change color in life and in death. Watch this extraordinary phenomenon as a female chameleon changes colors just ...

While some plants can produce blue pigments because of anthocyanins, most creatures in the animal kingdom are unable to make ...

Some animals see the world in shades of grey, while others perceive limited colours. Here are 10 animals that are colourblind ...

Despite the popular myth that bulls become enraged by the colour red, they are colour-blind to it. Bulls have dichromatic ...

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

Our earliest mammalian ancestors avoided the dominant dinosaurs by only coming out at night and having uniformly dark, ...

A groundbreaking study by the University of Arizona has revealed fascinating insights into the evolution of colour vision and signalling in animals. Published in Biological Reviews, the research ...

In the study of why and how animals look the way they do, color is king—at least, the range of color humans can see.

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, ...

We all know what chameleons are capable of: changing into a variety of colors to match their surroundings. They're one of the animals that are so well camouflaged you'd never see them right in ...

Colour: it is a method of finding a mate ... But the Mandarin fish is one of just two species in the animal kingdom where blue colouration is known to be caused in this way. The other one is a closely ...

This Holi, be mindful of animals. Avoid chemical colors and loud noises to ensure a safe and joyful festival for all.