Octopus, squid, and cuttlefish can change their skin’s colors, patterns, and textures in ways not seen anywhere else in the animal kingdom. You see what looks to be a clump of seaweed, and then it ...

The cuttlefish is often called the chameleon of the sea, but where the land-based version can only change its color, the sepia-squirting, tentacled one can change its skin texture as well as its tint ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Ruby Gillman dives into the ocean for the first time, she’s (and everyone around her) is shocked by her immediate ...

Papillae expression for camouflage in the giant Australian cuttlefish. Credit: Roger T. Hanlon When it comes to blending in, cuttlefish are like chameleons of the sea. In fact, their color-changing ...

The unique ability of cuttlefish, squid and octopuses to hide by imitating the colors and texture of their environment has fascinated natural scientists since the time of Aristotle. Uniquely among all ...

Cuttlefish, along with other cephalopods like octopus and squid, are masters of disguise, changing their skin color and texture to blend in with their underwater surroundings. Now, in a study ...

Their camouflage seems almost magical, but scientists have observed some tricks the cephalopods use to blend in with their surroundings. By Veronique Greenwood Put a cuttlefish on the spot — or, to be ...

Computational image analysis of behaving cuttlefish reveals principles of control and development of a biological invisibility cloak. The unique ability of cuttlefish, squid and octopuses to hide by ...

If you're what marine biologist Roger Hanlon calls "a yummy hunk of protein swimming in the ocean"—unprotected by a hard shell, prickly spines, or other armor—being able to change your looks in an ...