The biology of color

IC Cuthill, WL Allen, K Arbuckle, B Caspers, G Chaplin… - Science, 2017 - science.org
BACKGROUND The interdisciplinary field of animal coloration is growing rapidly, spanning
questions about the diverse ways that animals use pigments and structures to generate …

Polarisation vision: overcoming challenges of working with a property of light we barely see

JJ Foster, SE Temple, MJ How, IM Daly… - The Science of …, 2018 - Springer
In recent years, the study of polarisation vision in animals has seen numerous
breakthroughs, not just in terms of what is known about the function of this sensory ability …

Target enhanced 3D reconstruction based on polarization-coded structured light

X Huang, J Bai, K Wang, Q Liu, Y Luo, K Yang… - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Structured light is a prevailing and reliable active approach of 3D object reconstruction. But
complex ambience is undesirable in the measurement because it could cause severe noise …

Photonics in nature: from order to disorder

VE Johansen, OD Onelli, LM Steiner… - Functional surfaces in …, 2017 - Springer
The most vibrant and striking colours in living organisms are often caused by a combination
of pigments and nano-scale transparent architectures, which interact with light to produce so …

Polarisation signals: a new currency for communication

NJ Marshall, SB Powell, TW Cronin… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
Most polarisation vision studies reveal elegant examples of how animals, mainly the
invertebrates, use polarised light cues for navigation, course-control or habitat selection …

Selection of the intrinsic polarization properties of animal optical materials creates enhanced structural reflectivity and camouflage

KD Feller, TM Jordan, D Wilby… - … Transactions of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Many animals use structural coloration to create bright and conspicuous visual signals.
Selection of the size and shape of the optical structures animals use defines both the colour …

Noise creates polarization artefacts

AB Tibbs, IM Daly, DR Bull… - Bioinspiration & …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The accuracy of calculations of both the degree and angle of polarization depend strongly
on the noise in the measurements used. The noise in the measurements recorded by both …

Long-wavelength reflecting filters found in the larval retinas of one mantis shrimp family (Nannosquillidae)

KD Feller, D Wilby, G Jacucci, S Vignolini, J Mantell… - Current Biology, 2019 - cell.com
Both vertebrates and invertebrates commonly exploit photonic structures adjacent to their
photoreceptors for visual benefits. For example, use of a reflecting structure (tapetum) …

Circularly polarized light detection in stomatopod crustaceans: a comparison of photoreceptors and possible function in six species

RM Templin, MJ How, NW Roberts… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT A combination of behavioural and electrophysiological experiments have
previously shown that two species of stomatopod, Odontodactylus scyllarus and …

A different view: sensory drive in the polarized-light realm

TW Cronin - Current Zoology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Sensory drive, the concept that sensory systems primarily evolve under the influence of
environmental features and that animal signals are evolutionarily shaped and tuned by …