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Can animals use iridescent colors to communicate?

Source
Phys.org

Publication Date
2020-11-19

A new paper from the University of Melbourne reveals how animals use beautiful but unreliable iridescent colors as communication signals. Special adaptations enable animals to control how these shifting colors appear so that they can convey reliable information. The new work now published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution draws together studies from across the animal kingdom to discover how animals control the appearance of iridescent colors in nature.

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https://phys.org/news/2020-11-animals-iridescent.html