The video, which was shared as part of Nature on PBS, showcases how octopus dream. In it, we get to see a color-changing octopus as Scheel walks the viewers through a possible narrative of the dream.

Color change in animals is a response shaped by evolution. Each species has developed its own method and reason for this ...

“Though octopuses make color change look effortless, it isn’t for them.” An octopus arm. The small dots visible on the arm are the chromatophores. Credit: Jamie Andersen Fields. Even this ...

Now, biologists have measured how much energy octopuses use during their complete color transformations, providing new insights into their biology. While the advantages of an octopus’s color ...

When the octopus first emerged, it was a pale, almost translucent color. (Image credit: Marine Conservation Society/TMX) The creature turned bright orange within seconds and then made its way back ...

Scientists have created a new light-activated ink that can change color on demand. It’s made up of microbeads of different colors that rise or sink in response to different wavelengths of light ...

A recent video from the U.S. Department of the Interior shows a giant Pacific octopus crawling through the Yaquina Head tide pools in northwestern Oregon. According to the Department of the ...

She turned white beneath my touch—the color, I later learned, of an octopus that feels calm. (When it’s too cold, these octopuses just rewire their brains.) The elusive wunderpus octopus lives ...

Now, biologists have measured how much energy octopuses use during their complete color transformations, providing new insights into their biology. While the advantages of an octopus's color-changing ...