Nature is a riot of color. In the animal kingdom, many species, from insects to cephalopods, use their permanent color or ...

A study finds sweat bees change color with humidity due to nanostructures, not pigments, revealing new insights into nature.

Striped marlin are some of the fastest animals on the planet and one of the ocean's top predators. When hunting in groups, individual marlin will take turns attacking schools of prey fish one at a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. You might not realize this, but quickly changing colors, as ...

There’s nothing better than a vibrant pre-spawn color shift – but it’s not the only reason trout change colors. If you were to follow a single trout over the course of a year, you’d notice that its ...

Imagine wearing a shirt that turns from deep blue to bright red when you’re working out, or a dress that shifts from black to silver as you move from air conditioning into summer heat. The fabric that ...