A few years ago, Professor Liz Tibbetts stumbled upon something surprising. She noticed that wasps had striking facial features—including fake eyelines and distinctive marks. At the time, people ...

Color change in animals is a response shaped by evolution. Each species has developed its own method and reason for this ability, like an overreliance on light or temperature cues, or a physiological ...

Animals sculpt the optical properties of their tissues at the nanoscale to give themselves “structural colors.” New work is piecing together how they do it. Peacocks, panther chameleons, scarlet ...

Even some animals have two coats: one for summer to match the bare ground and a winter white to match the snow. But the study found some possible refuges for these creatures: Geographic regions that ...

Some animals we know have amazing abilities to change their form, especially when it comes to their color. Although, of course, these color-changing animals delight us, the power of camouflage plays ...