Researchers at the University of Granada and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence have demonstrated a link ...

Birds living in cities are usually more colorful and less brown. These colors help them survive better in urban environments.

From helping them find mates to bettering their ability to camouflage, marks on animals and birds serve various purposes.

In addition, successful urban bird species have more elaborate colours in their plumage, which is especially true for females. Cities seem to favour more colourful birds -- probably because there are ...

Any other color is either a combination of those two ... referencing a gene known to affect white patterns in the coats of animals. And these cats were just… missing a piece of DNA right nearby.

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

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, ...

Animals have evolved a range of camouflage tactics, from simple colour matching to sophisticated mimicry. See if you can spot the creatures in the photos below - drag the slider to reveal them. Will ...

Disney’s conservation efforts aren’t limited to its parks. For years, Disney has helped monitor and protect sea turtles near ...

Using the latest camera technology, David Attenborough reveals the extraordinary ways in which animals use colour: to win a mate, to fight off rivals and to warn enemies. Show more The natural ...

Mme Réponse-à-tout on grammar: Jamal wants to know why the colour red comes after the animal in 'poisson rouge'. Mme Réponse-à-tout explains that in French all colour adjectives come after the ...