Scientists at UC San Diego have moved one step closer to unlocking a superpower held by some of nature's greatest "masters of disguise." Octopuses, squids, cuttlefish and other animals in the ...

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 ...

Soft bots able to change color and texture could have key military and research applications. In a flash, an octopus can make like ragged-edged seaweed or coral by changing the color and texture of ...