Visual signals are often under conflicting selection to be hidden from predators while being
conspicuous to mates and rivals. Here, we investigated whether 3 different island …

Understanding what maintains the broad spectrum of variation in animal phenotypes and
how this influences survival is a key question in biology. Frequency dependent selection …

Animal coloration has provided many classical examples of both natural and sexual
selection. Methods to study color signals range from human assessment to models of …

Daylight is an important factor necessary for the proper embryonic development of birds,
which raises the question, what happens when birds nest in relatively dim sites? The study …

Colouration and patterning are widespread amongst organisms. Regarding avian eggs,
colouration (reflectances) has been previously measured using spectrometers whereas …

The relative roles that geographical isolation and selection play in driving population
divergence remain one of the central questions in evolutionary biology. We approached this …

Invasive alien species are among the main drivers of the ongoing sixth mass extinction
wave, especially affecting island populations. Although the Caribbean is well‐known for its …

Explaining colour variation among animals at broad geographic scales remains challenging.
Here we demonstrate how deep learning—a form of artificial intelligence—can reveal subtle …

Aposematic herbivores are under selection pressure from their host plants and predators.
Although many aposematic herbivores exploit plant toxins in their own secondary defense …

Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) sclera appear much darker than the white sclera of human
eyes, to such a degree that the direction of chimpanzee gaze may be concealed from …