Now you see me: Researchers used their octopus-inspired camouflage material to spell out the letters "U o I" (University of Illinois). Octopuses and squid possess the amazing ability to blend in with ...

OKINAWA, Japan — Researchers in Japan have learned that squids camouflage using chromatophores similar to their fellow cephalopod family members, octopus and cuttlefish. Based on a new study, ...

Learn why octopuses change color, how fast they can blend into their surroundings, and how the creatures can change into ...

If you have not yet witnessed the wonder of an octopus changing color instantaneously, then you should go do that right now. We humans are only slowly playing camouflage catch up. A new color-changing ...

Cephalopod-inspired color displays are so hot right now: A paper published Tuesday in Nature Communications marks the third report about the technology in a month, by our count. But unlike previous ...

Camouflage technologies rely on effective integration with the surrounding environment, which can significantly reduce the detectability of targets and thereby enhance their concealment. With the ...

The unassuming rock goby, a small fish that can be found in rock pools around the United Kingdom, southern Europe and North Africa, is a master of camouflage, a new study finds. Within a minute, the ...

Octopuses can flip from mottled rock to smooth sand in less time than it takes a human to blink, yet their eyes carry only a ...