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 ...
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 ...
An octopus's mesmerizing skin can flit from orange to red in the blink of an eye, partly thanks to a natural pigment called ...
A North Padre Island beachcomber stumbled across an octopus in the water on Dec. 7. Padre Island Madre, a beach photography ...
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 ...
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." ...
Underwater octopuses change their body color and texture in the blink of an eye to blend perfectly into their surroundings ...
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 ...