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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Octopuses are renowned for their instant color-changing abilities, a skill they use to outwit predators and surprise prey. Yet, ...

A video of an octopus changing colors while it sleeps is raising a lot of questions about the mysterious sea creatures. The footage aired in the new PBS documentary titled "Octopus: Making Contact." ...

With its eight legs wrapped around itself as if in a hug and its eye pupils narrowed to a slit, the octopus breathes evenly, its body a uniform whitish gray. Moments later it begins to change color -- ...

Octopuses are renowned for their instant color-changing abilities, a skill they use to outwit predators and surprise prey. Yet, the energy cost behind this extraordinary camouflage has remained a ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Octopuses switch between active and quiet sleep just as humans switch between deep sleep and REM sleep, a new study has revealed.