Q. I live near Charleston, S.C., 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 severed and ...

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 ...

Animals with blue eyes are a rare occurrence in nature due to being linked to recessive genetics, mutations, and specific genes. Despite that, many species still have beautifully rich blue eyes. While ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Blue blood may look alien, but it’s one of evolution’s most ...

Most of the time animals are green, black or grey but in some parts of the world a few very rare animals shine in bright shades of blue who look so magical that they almost feel unreal. Blue in nature ...

Known as by-the-wind sailors because of the way they catch the ocean breeze using the sail-like fin on top of their bodies, ...

Animals sculpt the optical properties of their tissues at the nanoscale to give themselves “structural colors.” New work is piecing together how they do it. Peacocks, panther chameleons, scarlet ...

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 ...