Why do humans wear clothes? One reason is that changing outfits allows people to tailor their look in hopes of attracting or ...

The new research is the first to look back at early mammals in full color. Using advanced fossil imaging methods and a ...

Without being able to get into the heads of animals, it’s hard to say for sure. But instances of pig painters, whale crooners ...

A woman in Pennsylvania spotted a rarely seen animal, a wild ermine (also known as a stoat or short-tailed weasel) in a ...

Did you know some U.S. animals can change their color? From seasonal camouflage to mood-based transformations, these 10 ...

It’s well known that dogs don’t see as many colors as we do – similar to color blindness in people. Whereas humans have three types of cones in our eyes, allowing us to identify combinations of red, ...

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.

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

Some scientists claim that octopuses could be the next big species after humans go extinct and that there is much to learn ...

The study shows that UV colors are widespread in snakes, and may play a significant role in evading predators such as birds.

The small blue ring octopus is extremely venomous, with toxin 1,200 times more powerful than cyanide. Its bite can swiftly ...

I spent four days learning about biomimicry and how studying polar bear pelts led to solar energy-capturing coats.