8 most colourful animals in the world The Mandarin fish shines with bright shades of blue, green, and orange. Found in the Pacific Ocean, its stunning colours come from special pigments in its skin, ...

Hummingbirds are potentially the most colourful birds in the animal kingdom – at least, they are from the perspective of the birds themselves. An analysis of 114 species of the small, nectar-supping ...

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February marks an important transition in the gardening calendar. While winter may still linger in many regions, this month ...

WHEN THE Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt arrived in South America in 1799, the colours astonished him. “Look at the blossoms, the birds,” he wrote. “Even the crayfish are blue and yellow.” ...

The first animals with trichromatic vision were arthropods. Picture a primordial Earth: a world of muted browns, greys and greens. Fast forward to today, and Earth teems with a kaleidoscope of colours ...

Colour: it is a method of finding a mate, a cue that danger is near, a vital clue in the search for food. Meet some of the brightest and boldest organisms created by evolution. The natural world is an ...

08:30, Sun, Mar 2, 2025 Updated: 08:38, Sun, Mar 2, 2025 The "quietly colourful" trend is set to dominate interior design in 2025, according to interior design experts. Benjamin Moore's Color of the ...

Songbirds that dwell in tropical regions closer to the equator are more colourful than those living in milder climates. The findings support the idea that tropical animals are generally more colourful ...