Explore how the vulturine guinea fowl’s striking blue and white feathers serve more than beauty. From structural coloration to social signaling, these bold patterns help birds recognize group members, ...

In animals, colors are produced either by pigments or by tiny, light-scattering nanostructures. While an impressive range of pigments exists in living organisms, these are ultimately limited by ...

Animals are living color. Wasps buzz with painted warnings. Birds shimmer their iridescent desires. Fish hide from predators with body colors that dapple like light across a rippling pond. And all ...