The monks curated a vast manuscript and book collection at the Library of Clairvaux Abbey, a site in Champagne, France, founded in 1115. The group of 12th- and 13th-century works expanded to more than ...

While sneaking up on prey, cuttlefish employ a dynamic skin display to avoid detection in the last moments of approach, ...

The early mammals living alongside the dinosaurs might have all had dark-coloured fur. Living a nocturnal lifestyle, the animals’ colours would have helped them blend into the night. Dark brown was in ...

Brazil is home to the world’s greatest diversity of amphibians: Of the more than 8,000 species known worldwide, some 1,200 ...

Working out what animals that lived in the distant past ... but there have been few attempts to work out their skin colour from fossils. Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox!

The experts recorded cuttlefish targeting crabs and noticed a striking display that seems to distract the prey’s ...

Chameleons are celebrated for their incredible ability to change color at will. Due to specialized cells in their skin, they can adapt their coloring to absorb heat, reflect sunlight, and communicate ...

The second installment of our soup-a-thon. Vicky Hallett and Genevieve Villamora, correspondents. Marc Silver, digital editor ...

Previous work has shown that shape corresponds to the colour of the animal's fur ... with preserved skin or hair or feathers are being found, according to D'Alba and Brown.

Chameleons are famous for their ability to change color, a skill that seems almost magical to us. From communication to ...

It's a new species → Prehistoric creature — with 'armor'-like skin — accidentally discovered ... part of the body of animals that creates color. In previous studies, melanosomes found ...

I get anxious about taking my dogs out for a walk because there are always a few people who think it’s funny to colour animals. People don’t realize that dogs have extremely sensitive skin. The ...