Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve ever wondered why some animals like butterflies, birds, and beetles shimmer in the light and change from one iridescent ...

Many insects see the world through hundreds of tiny lenses that are grouped together in a visual organ known as the compound eye. Behind each lens sits a cluster of eight light-detecting cells ...

Researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have designed an innovative pixelated, soft, color-changing system called a Morphable Concavity Array (MoCA). Pixelated, soft, color-changing systems ...

Butterflies have long been believed to represent transformation and change, thanks to the stunning metamorphosis they must go through to go from caterpillar to the winged pollinator so many of us ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 Trust us: It’s more than just a sparkly science project. Courtesy Cell Reports If you’ve ever wondered why some animals like butterflies, birds, and beetles ...