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Scientists harness a rare true blue color from nature — in red cabbage

Chemists gave this natural pigment an extra blue boost with aluminum ions

Researchers made golden rice extra gold with CRISPR

Using this technique, drought- and pest-resistance genes could be inserted into food crops to make them more productive

Your antidepressants could affect color-changing shrimp

The jury is still out for the shrimp, but our medications do affect water-dwelling wildlife

Male mosaic canaries are more colorful than their female counterparts thanks to one gene

Researchers found that carotenoid pigments in female canaries' feathers break down faster than in males

Squid skin is naturally anti-microbial

This new finding makes squid skin a potentially valuable medical product, and could reduce waste from commercial fisheries