Composite images of Saturn’s rings, taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, have revealed mysterious color variations that hint that the rings could be made of materials from the outer solar system.

One of the curious things in the world of birds is why most species come in only one color form, while others come in many. We can start with the western tanager. Adult males all look the same. Adult ...

I offer a new objectivist theory of the contents of color language and color experience, intended especially as an account of what normal intersubjective variation in color perception and ...

A team of researchers has uncovered a direct genetic link between fluorescence and color in sea anemones -- those soft and tentacled tide pool creatures often encountered by beachgoers. For the first ...

The coat colour of horses is determined by a complex interplay of genetic factors that dictate not only the base pigmentation but also the elaborate patterns and white spotting phenotypes observed ...

Have you ever wondered why some people have lighter eyes than others? Differences in iris coloration have traditionally been explained as a result of sexual selection, but a recent study led by ...