An exhibition which wouldn't look out of place on Sir David Attenborough's BBC series has come to Oldham.

The presenter's latest series, Planet Earth 3, is currently wowing TV audiences with its stunning wildlife footage.

Similarly inspired by the beautiful colours of the animal kingdom, the Wild Colour exhibition by Blue Tokay is coming to Gallery Oldham for the winter.

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From the striking blue plumage of the hyacinth macaw to the multicoloured iridescence of a jewel beetle, there are a variety of reasons why colour is so important in nature.

The Oldham Times: Hyacinth macaw Hyacinth macaw (Image: Barbara Ash/Shutterstock.com)

Topics covered in the exhibition include how colours red, yellow and green affect the way animals live and communicate.

It also looks at how patterns and changing colours can benefit the animal world, for instance how colours have evolved to provide protective camouflage for some species.

Other topics explored include biological variations, such as the absence of pigment in albinism and the black-form colouration in melanism.

The Oldham Times: Scarlet ibis Scarlet ibis (Image: Katrine Aanensen/Shutterstock.com)

Animals used in the photographs to represent the topics include a mandrill, an hourglass treefrog, a scarlet ibis, an oleander hawkmoth caterpillar and a panther chameleon.

The free exhibition will be held at the gallery from December 9 through to March 9 next year.

Gallery Oldham's natural history curator, Patricia Francis, will also give a free tour at 2pm on Wednesday, December 20. 

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