Underwater octopuses change their body color and texture in the blink of an eye to blend perfectly into their surroundings ...

Octopuses are masters of camouflage and disguise. An alarmed octopus can vanish even while you watch, flawlessly transforming into what looks like a piece of coral-encrusted rock, or another species ...

A research team in South Korea has developed a soft robot named Octoid that can mimic the movement and behavior of an octopus ...

Rudd serves as the narrator for National Geographic's upcoming docuseries "Secrets of the Octopus" Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

Researchers at UC San Diego have figured out how to get bacteria to produce xanthommatin, the pigment that lets octopuses and squids camouflage. By linking the pigment’s production to bacterial ...

Scientists have recently documented a behavior that looks almost comedic at first glance: an octopus suddenly reaching out ...

Cephalopods have several tricks for blending in with their undersea surroundings: they can change color, pattern and even the shape of their skin.... Squid, Octopus, Cuttlefish: Masters Of Camouflage ...

In a flash, an octopus can make like ragged-edged seaweed or coral by changing the color and texture of its skin, thus becoming nearly invisible in its environment. And in the future, robots may be ...

A two-month-old octopus tries to unscrew the lid of a jar to get hold of its content, a crab, at Denmark's Aquarium in Copenhagen in 2004. Credit - Jorgen Jessen—AFP/Getty Images As predictable as the ...