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The Chameleon Isn't The Only Animal That Can Change Color
Chameleons are the most famous color-changing animals, but there are plenty of other animals that possess this talent.
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Octopuses changing colour rapidly incur a high metabolic cost
Colour change in animals can occur over different timescales and aids communication and camouflage. Direct evidence of the associated energetic costs has been lacking, but now an experimental ...
Chameleon shrimp can camouflage themselves even in invasive species of algae, study shows
Brazilian and British researchers have observed that a small crustacean that changes color according to the marine vegetation ...
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Colour in the collections: reindeer eye
The animal's eyes change from a golden colour to a deep blue as summer fades to winter, helping it to see in dramatically different light levels. The part that changes colour is called the tapetum ...
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Animal behaviour articles from across Nature Portfolio
Colour change in animals can occur over different timescales and aids communication and camouflage. Direct evidence of the associated energetic costs has been lacking, but now an experimental ...
Outdoors: The hair of a snowshoe hare
As winter loosens its grip on the northern states and it finally feels like spring, my mind turns to all the changes in nature. In particular, the animals in the northern climates that change the ...