Flamingos have been famous for their striking pink feathers long before Barbie made it fashionable, but what exactly makes ...

The Mallee region in Victoria, Australia is home to a group of four lakes which turn a glowing pink after rain falls. This is because they contain red algae which give the water the unusual colour.

The finding suggests that future climate simulations, unlike current ones, should account for the effects of these algae when making predictions about glacial melt. The pink color, sometimes ...