The complex biology of an octopus shines through as a brief snippet displays its unique ability to camouflage in water.

While the advantages of an octopus’s color-changing abilities are well-documented, their energetic costs have remained largely unknown. This new understanding of the metabolic expense of color ...

Octopus disguise has three main elements. One is color. Octopuses generate color ... By contracting special muscles, octopuses can change their skin from smooth to spiky. The effect can be extreme.

Here, an octopus is transporting two empty coconut halves it can hide inside of if necessary. Octopuses’ most impressive survival tactic is their skin: They can change the color and texture of ...

where he argued that the skin of these animals might one day teach us how to make camouflage clothes or cosmetics that change color based on the lighting in a room. Though some cosmetic companies ...