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- Wing scales diffract and scatter light: Morpho butterflies
- Eyes are anti-reflective: elephant hawk-moth
- Platelets reflect light: bobtail squid
- Pigment granules assist hiding: ray-finned fish
- Pigments cells respond to hormones: African clawed frog
- Lipochromes create red feathers: scarlet macaw
- Carotenoids create yellow color: American goldfinch
- Stripes serve as long-distance camouflage: lionfish
- Complex structures focus reflected light: lobster
- Layers create multihued appearance: beetle
- Pigments provide vivid colors: turaco
- Crystals create iridescent sheen: rainbow trout
- Wing scales aid thermoregulation: green birdwing butterfly
- Microscopic plates produce interference colors: copepods
- Wings have bright colors: African swallowtail butterfly
- Light attracts fish: skimmer birds
- Eye structure enhances night vision: vertebrates
- Lack of wing scales enhances camouflage: clearwing butterfies
- Transparent patches of mantle focus light: giant clam
- Scales create brilliant white: Cyphochilus beetles
- Pigment granules create colors: damselflies
- Body surfaces reflect light to create colors: jewel beetles
- Hairs create colors: weevils
- Luciferin molecules create bioluminescence: Pyrophorus beetle
- Beaks reflect UV light: emperor penguin
- Humidity changes exoskeleton color: Hercules beetle
- Rapid color change used for protection: cuttlefish
- Eyes sensitive to circular polarized light: mantis shrimp
- Bioluminescence protects from predation: dinoflagellates
- Light used for camouflage: hatchet fish
- Scales enhance wing color: swordtail butterfly
- Light used for camouflage: velvet belly lantern shark
- Reflectance causes white color: cabbage butterfly
- Nanofibers produce color: blue penguin
- Feathers produce non-iridescent colors: eastern bluebirds
- Hormones regulate light emission: velvet belly lantern shark
- Structures create colorful feathers: common kingfisher
- Scale creates broadband diffuse silver reflectivity: Argyrophorus argenteus
- Chitin layers produce gold and silver colors: jewel scarab
- Layers produce iridescence: giant wasp
- Keratin produces iridescence: rock pigeon
- Windows camouflage nest: tropical true wasp
- Fluorophores enhance photosynthesis: dwarf mountain pine
- Skin changes color: chameleons
- Fruit skin has bright blue pointillist appearance: marble berry
