Research from UChicago dissects how a single genetic switch helps butterflies mimic wing patterns of other species to protect ...

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As designer Lauren Gilberthorpe points out, 'There is a growing confidence in how designers are mixing patterns, with an ...

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 ...

An international team of scientists working with Heliconius butterflies in Panama was faced with a mystery: how do pairs of unrelated butterflies from Peru to Costa Rica evolve nearly the same ...

Many ladybirds have attractive color patterns consisting of black and red. A research team focused on the multicolored Asian ladybird beetle Harmonia axyridis (also known as the harlequin ladybird), ...

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A small brick cottage has been infused with artful touches by creatives for this year's Kingston Design Showhouse.

Thankfully—finally!—color has been cropping up on lists of the latest trends in home decor. Pantone’s heart-bursting Color of the Year, Viva Magenta, may have helped usher that in, and maybe the ...