The animals' camouflaging capabilities have long inspired humans. The new material could one day help researchers improve ...

Octopuses are the undisputed kings of camouflage. Whereas engineers have learned to mimic the colors, octopuses also match ...

Researchers developed a color-changing material that alters both surface texture and appearance in seconds, inspired by ...

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

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 ...

Aug. 23 (UPI) --A new study has found that a common fish in the western Atlantic Ocean can "see with its skin" in order to quickly camouflage itself with its surroundings. Researchers at Duke ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- A few years ago while on a fishing trip in the Florida Keys, biologist Lori Schweikert came face to face with an unusual quick-change act. She reeled in a pointy-snouted reef fish ...

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

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 ...

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When fish suddenly change color, little photoreceptors embedded deep within their skin keep watch to ensure the color is just right, according to new research. For the first time, scientists have ...