Zebras, a children’s tale goes, became striped after “standing half in the shade and half out of it.” While the author, Rudyard Kipling, wasn’t a biologist, his story may hold some truth: research ...

Colors are widely used in communication within and among animal species. For example, peacocks proudly display their vibrant tails, adorned with iridescent eyespots, to attract peahens for courtship.

In nature, it's not uncommon to observe animals that change color with the seasons. You may have heard of the arctic fox or the mountain hare, which are white in winter and brown in summer. This ...