Despite tremendous advances in understanding embryogenesis, we still know remarkably little about why organisms look the way they do. How are gene activities orchestrated into the particular shape of ...

An international collaboration has for the first time revealed chemical traces of pigments in bird, fish and squid fossils, some over 100 million years old. An international collaboration led by ...

Researchers report in Science Express that they have taken a big step in determining what the first birds looked like more than 100 million years ago, when their relatives, the dinosaurs, still ruled ...

Animal pigment patterns are important for a range of functions, including camouflage and communication. Repeating pigment patterns, such as stripes, bars and spots have been of particular interest to ...

A red, crosshatched design adorning a rock from a South African cave may take the prize as the oldest known drawing. Ancient humans sketched the line pattern around 73,000 years ago by running a chunk ...

The chromatophore pattern on oval squid Left, a picture of a six-week old squid, with (right) a zoom in on the chromatophore pattern, with chromatophores highlighted by green dotted circles. The ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Floral symmetry and pigmentation are features of flowers that are believed to be associated due to their shared influence on pollinator ...

Publishing their findings in Science, the researchers have been able to show a remarkable relationship between copper and pigment within exceptionally preserved feathers and other soft tissues.

An international collaboration led by researchers at The University of Manchester has for the first time revealed chemical traces of pigments in bird, fish and squid fossils, some over 100 million ...