PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Stormy weather is on the way for much of the Pacific Northwest this weekend, leading to rare sight appearing over the skies of Vancouver. A rare cloud iridescence briefly ...

Many of our viewers have noticed rainbow clouds over the past few days. This is actually a rare phenomenon called "cloud iridescence". This happens when sunlight is diffracted off of tiny water ...

The color palette of the birds you see out your window depends on where you live. If you're far from the Equator, most birds tend to have drab colors, but the closer you are to the tropics, you'll ...

This happens when clouds are thin and made of similar-sized water droplets. — -- Stunning video captured a rainbow in the clouds over Ribeirao Claro, Brazil, in a meteorological phenomenon known ...

A new study published today in Animal Behaviour shows for the first time that brilliant iridescence and gloss found in some animals can have a protective function by working as a form of deceptive ...

When it comes to color, mammals are hardly the most vibrant creatures of the animal kingdom. Their fur often comes in drab shades of brown, gray or black, unlike some birds, insects or fish that can ...

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