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 ...

Octopuses, squids, and their leggy relatives are well known for their impressive abilities to mimic their environment not just in texture, but also in color. This might not seem too weird until you ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Octopuses are known for their astonishing ability to rapidly shift their skin color and texture, ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. You might not realize this, but quickly changing colors, as ...

The dark red color and looming posture of this Octopus tetricus likely signals menace to another octopus nearby, say scientists who studied 186 octopus interactions in 52 hours of underwater video.