Biologists have unlocked new insights into the mysterious evolution of colour diversity among fish, and how aggression from other species plays a part in patterns of colour diversity observed in the ...

Deep-diving fish have a problem: The only light that penetrates their watery environment is blue and green hardly enough of a palette for flashy color patterns. Now, a new study reveals these fishes' ...

An international team of researchers discovered a previously unknown visual system that may allow color vision in deep, dark waters where animals were presumed to be colorblind. The research appears ...

A newly discovered visual system in deep-sea fish could allow them to discern predators from prey in the low-light conditions found at the bottom of the ocean, new research suggests. A team led by ...

Vertebrate and invertebrate colour pattern determination mechanisms are considered distinct; recently, however, both fish and butterfly colour patterns have been partly explained by reaction-diffusion ...

The radiant plumage of flamingos wouldn’t be possible without their special diets. Neither would the color of salmon, or koi. The right food can even dye humans – especially babies. At a zoo I visited ...