In Stanford's laboratories, a team of engineers and physicists has succeeded in bringing to life materials inspired by a ...

Five new animal species that camouflage themselves as excrement or bark reveal some of what still remains hidden in the world ...

Octopuses are the undisputed kings of camouflage. Whereas engineers have learned to mimic the colors, octopuses also match ...

Among animals, few life cycles are as dramatic as that of the octopus. After a single reproductive event, many females enter ...

Inspired by the remarkable camouflage abilities of octopus and cuttlefish, Stanford researchers have developed a soft material that can rapidly shift its surface texture and color at extremely fine ...

Our bones did not begin deep inside the body. They started in the skin, not long after the first complex animals took shape.

Researchers developed a color-changing material that alters both surface texture and appearance in seconds, inspired by ...