Body coverings such as hair and feathers have played a central role in evolution. They enabled warm-bloodedness by insulating ...

The discovery, in a bizarre animal not closely related to birds, could change how scientists think about the origin of ...

Called osteoderms, the chain mail-like plates may have helped some species adapt to Australia’s harsh environment ...

Just like adaptive skin patterns in animals, when Turing patterns change–say from hexagons to stripes–this indicates underlying differences in chemical concentrations inside or outside the body.

A new study has found that horses with higher parasitic loads also have worse coat conditions, thanks to the development of a ...

Did you know that some animals are pretty much designed to be able to re-enact the plot of Gerald’s Game? You can’t un-know it now. Learn how “fragile skin” allows animals to flay ...

Giraffes have light tan skin, similar to their coat color. Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark However big cats, such as tigers, have skin patterns that mirror their fur ...

The skin, which is at least 286 million years old, was found at a quarry and cave system called Richards Spur. Researchers think animals fell into the cave system and were preserved by oil that ...

They are grown from skin cells left over after surgical procedures like tummy tucks and circumcisions. This “skin” is a better proxy for actual human hide than animals are, one of MatTek’s ...

The non-native snakes are overrunning Florida and must be eliminated. Fashion designers are determined to make sure their ...