Some animals we know have amazing abilities to change their form, especially when it comes to their color. Although, of course, these color-changing animals delight us, the power of camouflage plays ...

Not only masters of camouflage, squids may also be experts in solar power. A fascinating study has uncovered that the pigments responsible for their remarkable color shifts could play a role in ...

A team of scientists in Japan captured video of squid camouflaging with their surroundings, much like octopuses and cuttlefish do. While squid in the wild are known to change color, the scientists set ...

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The researchers studied Doryteuthis pealeii, or the longfin squid, which is found in the North Atlantic Ocean and might turn up on your plate when you order calamari. Squid are chameleons of the ocean ...

OKINAWA, Japan — Researchers in Japan have learned that squids camouflage using chromatophores similar to their fellow cephalopod family members, octopus and cuttlefish. Based on a new study, ...

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While octopus and cuttlefish are famous for their use of camouflage to match the color of the substrate, a third type of cephalopod—the squid—has never been reported displaying this ability. In a new ...

A stunning discovery of a previously unseen sea creature has been revealed by scientists on the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Ocean Expedition. For the first time, researchers have ...

A new study has found that squid will camouflage against coral reef and other substrate as a way of avoiding predation. While octopus and cuttlefish are famous for their use of camouflage to match the ...