The findings are the first to quantify how much work goes into switching on chromatophores, the specialized color-changing organs connected to cephalopods’ muscle and nervous systems, which dot the ...
A research team in South Korea has developed a soft robot named Octoid that can mimic the movement and behavior of an octopus ...
An octopus's mesmerizing skin can flit from orange to red in the blink of an eye, partly thanks to a natural pigment called ...
Professor David Scheel managed to capture a breathtaking sequence on video. The video, which was shared as part of Nature on PBS, showcases how octopus dream. In it, we get to see a color-changing ...
Related video above: Octopuses use their tentacles to tasteWith its eight legs wrapped around itself as if in a hug and its eye pupils narrowed to a slit, the octopus breathes evenly, its body a ...
Octopuses are well-known for being anti-social, but new research is proving they aren’t as reclusive as scientists previously believed. In fact, their knack for changing their appearance—long thought ...
Underwater octopuses change their body color and texture in the blink of an eye to blend perfectly into their surroundings ...
A North Padre Island beachcomber stumbled across an octopus in the water on Dec. 7. Padre Island Madre, a beach photography ...
A video of an octopus changing colors while it sleeps is raising a lot of questions about the mysterious sea creatures. The footage aired in the new PBS documentary titled "Octopus: Making Contact." ...