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 ...

(CN) — Sometimes called the “chameleon of the sea,” the cuttlefish, like the unrelated land-based reptile, can rapidly change the color and pattern of its skin to blend into its surroundings to avoid ...

By placing squid pigments into a photovoltaic cell, researchers revealed the animals' incredible color-matching ability may ...

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 ...

Here's a tongue-twister for you: Crafty cuttlefish can complete contours to carefully choose camouflage. What this means, without all the alliteration, is that the visual systems of these squidlike ...

Cuttlefish can rapidly change their colors to blend in. © François Sichel. Cuttlefish are sometimes known as the "chameleons of the sea," for their ability to ...

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 ...

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 ...