When snow covers Idaho’s mountains and forests, one native animal quietly transforms its coat — turning white to survive the season. The snowshoe hare turns white in the winter and grayish-brown ...

Color change in animals is a response shaped by evolution. Each species has developed its own method and reason for this ability, like an overreliance on light or temperature cues, or a physiological ...

Winter is hard, and for wildlife in Colorado, it’s even harder. To survive, many species have developed adaptations over hundreds of thousands of years that allow them to weather the storms, including ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Winter is hard, and for wildlife in Colorado, it’s even harder. To survive, many species have developed adaptations over hundreds of thousands of years that ...

So, while the animals still turn white, they may not be camouflaged. This situation, when the environment changes faster than a plant or animal can adapt to it, is called a phenotypic mismatch. "There ...