Peacocks, panther chameleons, scarlet macaws, clown fish, toucans, blue-ringed octopuses, and so many more: The animal kingdom has countless denizens with extraordinarily colorful beauty. But in many ...

Q. I live near Charleston, South Carolina, and recently spotted a blue anole sunning itself. I am familiar with our common green and brown anoles, but this one made me look twice. His tail had been ...

Between the sky and sea, nature appears to favor blue, as do we humans. Yet the color is rare in nature—especially not in “a blue-violet hue resembling the color of electrical sparks,” which is how a ...

Feeling blue? That color isn't as common as you may think. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When you look up at the blue sky ...

Blue is one of the rarest colors in the animal kingdom, and unlike other pigments found in nature, most blue creatures don’t actually produce blue pigment. Instead, their color comes from structural ...

The ocean is home to some of the most stunning colours in nature, but few are as mesmerising as the vibrant electric blue seen only in the rarest of the rarest animals. These creatures seem as if they ...

Bold hues of red, orange, yellow, blue and purple help plants and animals communicate with their own species and others in their efforts to survive. Vivid orange dart frogs warn predators of their ...