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

A material that can switch its appearance, cephalopod-style, could have future applications in robotics or display technology ...

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

Octopus and cuttlefish can change both the colour and texture of their skin in seconds, something no man made material has ...

Scientists have unveiled a synthetic skin inspired by octopus camouflage that is capable of changing colour and texture, opening up potential uses from robotics to display technologies. Researchers ...

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 ...

Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and robots. She is the author of the books Live or Die: Survival Hacks, Wizarding World: Movie Magic Amazing Artifacts, The Star ...

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 ...

The clip, narrated by marine biologist Dr David Scheel, comes from an upcoming PBS nature documentary set to air in the US next month, and shows the octopus sleeping upside down in an aquarium. As the ...

An octopus's astonishing ability to camouflage itself while hunting for food has been captured on film by a tourist on holiday in the Red Sea. The unidentified Czech holidaymaker was enjoying a short ...

When a scuba diver spotted this octopus he couldn't resist catching the changing colours of its body on camera. Trying to protect itself from any potential predators, the sea creature looks as if it ...

We don’t know if androids dream of electric sheep, but whatever octopuses dream of must be something adventurous because they change color a lot while they’re sleeping. And while the octopus in the ...