Small shrimps of the genus Hippolyte have the ability to change color to camouflage themselves in the algae where they live and escape predators. Depending on the algae they are in, they can turn red, ...

Chameleons have spiral optic nerves, CT scans and 3D modelling reveal. The discovery explains how the lizards can literally ...

Animals change colour primarily for survival. This ability, called chromatic adaptation, helps them blend into their surroundings to avoid predators or to sneak up on prey. It's an essential form of ...

In nature, several animals have evolved the ability to change color in order to avoid being spotted by predators. One of these creatures is the aptly named chameleon prawn (Hippolyte varians), which ...

Cuttlefish are sometimes known as the "chameleons of the sea," for their ability to change colors rapidly and blend in to their surroundings. Now, researchers have uncovered the three types of "light ...

Creatures like chameleons and cuttlefish can effortlessly change the colors and patterns of their skin to match their surroundings, but recreating that clever camouflaging trick on a robot required ...

A team of Korean researchers seems to have cracked the code for rudimentary “cloaking,” or active camouflage tech that can automatically blend into its surroundings in real-time. It’s a significant ...

Chameleons have long fascinated humans with their ability to change color depending on their surroundings. But the real life reptiles now have a technological rival. Researchers from Seoul National ...

Developed by experts at Stanford University, a new electric skin (e-skin) has a fabricated stretchable, color-changing, pressure-sensitive material, that is the closest we have seen to an artificial ...

Invisibility is something we all crave, as we’ve been shown how cool it can be since young childhood, what with Tom and Jerry, Harry Potter and all. But for now, we have to stick with the next best ...