Did plants start making jazzy fruits and flowers before anyone on Earth could see color? Did that allow some animals to evolve color vision for foraging – and to eventually evolve dramatic ...

A recent study has illuminated the evolutionary journey of color vision in animals, revealing a surprising timeline: animals developed the ability to see colors around 500 million years ago—well ...

This is a classic example of sexual selection using color signaling. Conspicuous colors are also displayed by toxic animal species, including many venomous snakes and the brilliantly colored poison ...

The FDA debate stems from the concern that exposure to red dye No. 3 increases your risk of developing cancer. There’s ...

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The eyes of the mantis shrimp have more types of photoreceptors, or color-detecting cells, than any animal on the planet. But the bottom-dwelling sea creatures are surprisingly bad at ...

This year is the year of the Wooden Snake. Based on Chinese belief, luck is best for people who were born in the years of ...

Environmental groups, health advocates and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are on a mission to ban certain dyes from American foods.

Conspicuous colors tend to be signals, often helping animals woo mates or warn predators. Yet the origins of these attention-grabbing colors are not clear. Did plants start making jazzy fruits and ...