Colour-changing fish have only one skin, but they use it to communicate social status, attract mates, avoid predators and more. So what happens when those functions collide?
Plants & Animals
Aug 15, 2016
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Skin colour displayed amongst one species of monkey provides a key indicator of how successfully they will breed, a new study has shown.
Plants & Animals
Sep 23, 2014
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Individuals of a particular species generally differ from one another. We are clearly most adept at recognizing members of our own species, although dog and cat owners will be ready to confirm that their pets look unique. ...
Biotechnology
Jun 11, 2013
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One of the only well preserved dinosaur skin samples ever found is being tested at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron to determine skin colour and to explain why the fossilized specimen remained intact after 70-million ...
Archaeology
Apr 29, 2013
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New research has shown that feral, untrained pigeons can recognise individual people and are not fooled by a change of clothes.
Plants & Animals
Jul 3, 2011
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People preferentially marry those with similar ancestry, but their decisions are not necessarily based on hair, eye or skin colour. Research, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology, shows that Mexicans ...
Other
Nov 20, 2009
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