Chromatophores are fascinating cells found in some animals like cephalopods, which carry pigments and can reflect light. Some species like squid can rapidly alter the pigment or reflection of their ...

If you’ve ever watched a cephalopod such as a squid changing color, then you’ll know that it’s a pretty amazing process – they can instantly change the appearance of their skin from dark to light and ...

For squid looking to sparkle, extra bling is only seconds away, thanks to a nerve network in the skin that allows these cephalopods to alter their iridescence — the first invertebrate creatures found ...

For squid looking to sparkle, extra bling is only seconds away, thanks to a nerve network in the skin that allows these cephalopods to alter their iridescence — the first invertebrate creatures found ...

Researchers have discovered that the female market squid possesses a pair of rainbow iridescent stripes that flank a bright white stripe, which mimics the male testis The female common market squid — ...

OKINAWA, Japan — Researchers in Japan have learned that squids camouflage using chromatophores similar to their fellow cephalopod family members, octopus and cuttlefish. Based on a new study, ...

This photo shows female-specific iridescent stripes in the skin of the common market squid (Doryteuthis opalescens). Credit: Daniel DeMartini The female common market squid –– AKA Doryteuthis ...

Squid use a remarkable array of skin patterns to communicate. How? It's all a matter of getting inside their heads. so it's just a matter of firing electrical signals. Squid also do this, and now new ...

Artificial skin mimicking that of squids and octopuses could one day lead to electronic camouflage suits, researchers say. Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish are all cephalopods, sea creatures that can ...