In many animals, skin colors and patterns play an essential role, whether for camouflage, communication, or thermoregulation.

But which genetic and cellular mechanisms determine these colorful patterns? A team discovered that a single gene, CLCN2, is involved in these variations. In many animals, skin colouration and its ...

In corn snakes, only a single gene controls their vast diversity of skin colours and patternings, new research has found. The research team now wish to unravel the mechanisms behind colouration in ...

More importantly, some have colourful and elaborate patterns that serve as ... adults and larvae and are often highly distinguishable from the rest of the animals' wing patterns. The eye-catching ...

The scarlet macaw is a large parrot with bright red, yellow, and blue feathers. It has a white, almost featherless face, and blue wing tips and lower back ...