Patterns on animal skin, such as zebra stripes and poison frog colour patches, serve various biological functions, including temperature regulation, camouflage and warning signals. The colours making ...

In our newly published research in Science Advances, my student Ben Alessio and I propose a potential mechanism explaining how these distinctive patterns form—that could potentially be applied to ...

A thought experiment can help visualize the challenge of achieving distinctive color patterns. Imagine gently adding a drop of blue and red dye to a cup of water. The drops will slowly disperse ...

It’s well known that cuttlefish and several other cephalopods can rapidly shift the colors in their skin thanks to that skin’s unique structure. But according to a new paper published in the journal ...

Researchers have shown that the way cuttlefish generate their camouflage pattern is much more complex than previously believed. Cuttlefish, along with other cephalopods like octopus and squid, are ...