Colour

Beyond just looking stunning, shininess may help insects confuse predators to avoid being eaten

Animals like beetles and birds are teaching us new ways of understanding colour at a nanoscale, which could change the way we manufacture it

Associate Professor Charles Kemp uses computational models to understand how different languages organise the world into categories and what that means for our communication

Some Australian birds can control their temperature and avoid overheating by reflecting near-infrared wavelengths of sunlight, regardless of their feather colour

… and why we can use it to power a renewable future for all of us