The Snake Detection Hypothesis proposes that the ability to quickly spot and avoid snakes is deeply embedded in primates, including us - an evolutionary consequence of the danger snakes have posed to us over millions of years.

What color is a banana? Duh, it’s yellow. But what is yellow? Now that you mention it, how do we see color in the first place? That’s the series of questions that led me to making this video. It started simple and took me down a rabbit...

You know colors, you probably have a favorite! But there's so much more than what meets the eye—did you know that language can affect how we see color? Learn all about it with Stefan Chin in this colorful episode of SciShow!

Colors: you see them every day, and you probably have a favorite. Pigments, light, and even noise all color how we experience the world.

The animal kingdom boasts an incredible diversity of eyes. Some rotate independently while others have squiggly-shaped pupils. Some have protective lids, others squirt blood. But which creature has the best sight? Which sees best in the...

Nature is full of all kinds of beautiful color, and there is plenty of weird science there too! Here's a showcase of a few of our episodes all about coloration.

Why Aren't Mammals More Colorful

Jessi from Animal Wonders gets a Quiz Show rematch against Hank. Will he prevail this time, or commit an animal blunder?

Imagine a neuroscientist who has only ever seen black and white things, but she is an expert in color vision and knows everything about its physics and biology. If, one day, she sees color, does she learn anything new? Is there anything...

Quick Questions cracks the code of color vision, color blindness, and even newly discovered sort of technicolor vision!

The sky is blue, but according to whom? Could the rules of our language affect the way we perceive color?

Your ability to see color relies on just three types of cones in your eye. Join us as we explain how these "brother" cones work together to paint your world, what happens when one is missing (color blindness), and test your own vision...

Dive into the colorful world of the mantis shrimp, a creature with unmatched visual prowess and striking abilities, making it a formidable hunter.

Dive into the colorful world of the mantis shrimp, a creature with unmatched visual prowess and striking abilities, making it a formidable hunter.