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Colour-changing frog turns blue in UK ‘for the first time in 700 years’ to impress potential mates

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Colour-changing frog turns blue in UK ‘for the first time in 700 years’… to impress potential mates and outwit rival males Male moor frogs which are widespread in Europe turn blue in spring for mating Harvey Tweats and Tom Whitehurst from Staffordshire own breeding company Teens created breeding enclosure and played sounds of males mating … Read more

Squid’s colour-changing proteins make human cells TRANSPARENT

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There are several ways in which animals can camouflage themselves against the surrounding environment.  Countershading  Countershading is a form of camouflage used by animals where one side of the animal is darker than another.  Often, in the animal kingdom, an animal’s back (dorsal side) is dark while its underside (ventral side) is light.  In 2017, … Read more