"These animals can physically change their bodies at close to the micron scale, and now we can dynamically control the ...

Stanford researchers have developed a flexible material that can quickly change its surface texture and colors, offering ...

Octopus and other cephalopods are good at hiding themselves—and are inspiring cutting-edge technologies that may help us do ...

Octopuses change color to camouflage themselves from predators such as stingrays and eels. Octopuses have even been observed changing color in their sleep. Octopus's color-changing ability is known as ...

Octopuses are renowned for their instant color-changing abilities, a skill they use to outwit predators and surprise prey. Yet, the energy cost behind this extraordinary camouflage has remained a ...

Camouflage isn't the only way cephalopods have evolved to change their appearance. Octopuses and other cephalopods make the fastest transformations in the animal kingdom. Here, a giant Pacific octopus ...

In a delightful encounter along a beach in Wales, marine enthusiasts were treated to a rare sighting of a curled octopus. The captivating footage, captured by Ciara Taylor, a project assistant for the ...