Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and robots. She is the author of the books Live or Die: Survival Hacks, Wizarding World: Movie Magic Amazing Artifacts, The Star ...

We don’t know if androids dream of electric sheep, but whatever octopuses dream of must be something adventurous because they change color a lot while they’re sleeping. And while the octopus in the ...

A photographer finds a rare orange octopus on a beach, after a surprising increase in their numbers in the area.

Professor David Scheel managed to capture a breathtaking sequence on video. The video, which was shared as part of Nature on PBS, showcases how octopus dream. In it, we get to see a color-changing ...

Inspired by the remarkable camouflage abilities of octopus and cuttlefish, Stanford researchers have developed a soft material that can rapidly shift its surface texture and color at extremely fine ...

Octopuses can flip from mottled rock to smooth sand in less time than it takes a human to blink, yet their eyes carry only a single visual pigment that should make them functionally colorblind. The ...

For the first time ever, marine biologists have measured how much energy octopuses really need to change color — and it's a lot. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

PBS has released a fascinating video clip from an upcoming documentary which shows an octopus changing color multiple times in its sleep. The sequence features in Octopus: Making Contact, which will ...

In a delightful encounter along a beach in Wales, marine enthusiasts were treated to a rare sighting of a curled octopus. The captivating footage, captured by Ciara Taylor, a project assistant for the ...

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