"This really was a Herculean effort by our team, finding and scoring thousands of images and scoring ... "compromise" color pattern and coloration consisting of black-and-white fur.

The patterns also help researchers study genetics within a pod. The orca’s black-and-white bodies help them blend in with their surroundings and make them appear smaller. The darker markings shrink ...

It turned out that the mere sight of black-and-white photos automatically elicited brain activity patterns that specifically encoded colors. These activity patterns corresponded to those that were ...

New research suggests the panda's black and white patterns serve two main functions ... finding and scoring thousands of images and scoring more than 10 areas per picture from over 20 possible ...

But there’s more: “And interestingly, we also in our recent work found that this also applies to checked patterns. So it seems there’s something about black and white patterns that’s reall ...