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 ...

#5 Animals That Change Color: Seahorse — Wearing Their Hearts on Their Skin There are 43 recognized species of seahorse , but they all have in common the ability to change their color on a whim.

An evolutionary trait almost always occurs for a reason; this raises the question of why animals would gain the ability to see distinctions in bright color long before they would need to.

Quantifying animal color has been a longtime goal of evolutionary biologists, who aim to understand how color evolved over time—and the physical and genetic mechanisms involved. Ultimately ...

Quantifying animal color has been a longtime goal of evolutionary biologists, who aim to understand how color evolved over time—and the physical and genetic mechanisms involved. Ultimately ...

Conspicuous colors tend to be signals, often helping animals woo mates or warn predators. Yet the origins of these attention-grabbing colors are not clear. Did plants start making jazzy fruits and ...

Colors are widely used in communication within and among animal species. For example, peacocks proudly display their vibrant tails, adorned with iridescent eyespots, to attract peahens for courtship.