It’s not every day that scientists discover a new species of octopus, but that is exactly what has happened off the coast of western Australia. During a CSIRO research expedition to the Carnarvon ...

Different animal species have evolved a number of ways to hide in their environments. One of the most popular tactics is by camouflage, often by matching the background or by having patterns that ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Of all the amazing octopus species out there, ...

Aggressive or Peckhamian mimicry, named after arachnologist Elizabeth G. Peckham, is the classic ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’, ...

University of Iowa researchers outfitted an undewater vehicle to mimic how an octopus uses its skin to move more easily in the water. The tests with an underwater vehicle with raised coils had less ...