The researchers say that may also be why the melpomene, which lives in the open under full sunlight, has not evolved polarizing patterns on its wings.

D'you know why creatures evolved different exterior colors and patterns?

In this case, two competing species will evolve different patterns of resource use so as to avoid competition.

Some insects species have evolved colors or patterns for camoflauge or that otherwise match their surroundings, and will most often be found where those colors are.

Cuckoos have evolved plumage patterns that give them a hawk-like appearance to scare the birds whose nests they invade, say scientists.

The more desirable breeding males have evolved bright red and orange patterns on their fins to ensure their mating success.

Zebra stripes vary subtly between the different species but there is one group of animals that has evolved colourful patterns of seemingly infinite variety, the butterflies.

Inevitably, we evolve idiosyncratic patterns of prescribing, favorite combinations, pills we love or hate.

The show illuminates a complex web of differing religious doctrinal and power struggles, evolving visual iconography and patterns of patronage and cross-cultural fertilization.

This includes a subsystem that develops boundaries that begin to evolve patterns for communication and everyday interaction.