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These animals can also swiftly and reversibly morph their skin into a textured, three dimensional (3D) surface, giving the animal a ragged outline that mimics seaweed, coral, or other objects it detects and uses for camouflage.

Octopus skin inspires programmable camouflaging material

The pneumatically-activated material developed by researchers takes a cue from the 3D bumps, or papillae for dynamic...

15 Oct 2017 12:59 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

About 1,000 brooding octopuses found off California coast

This kind of aggregation of deep-sea octopuses has been reported only once before.

31 Oct 2018 12:49 PM IST

Octopus and human lineages are separated by more than 500 million years of evolution. (Photo: Pixabay)

Octavius, lone 'male' octopus in aquarium gives birth to thousands of...

Worker found that the tank holding Octavius, the aquarium's sole octopus resident, was full of tiny particles that...

8 Nov 2018 2:30 PM IST

The fisherman who had caught him said he would be using a new octopus, Rabio Jr, to predict Japans results for the rest of the World Cup. (Photo: Pixabay)

Psychic' octopus who correctly predicted FIFA World Cup results...

Rabio had become latest animal to be heralded with football fortune-telling powers after it was caught by fisherman in...

3 July 2018 1:09 PM IST

SCUBA is an abbreviation for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus, in other words, equipment that allows us to breathe underwater.

3D-printed smart gel can move objects underwater

During the 3D-printing process, light is projected on a light-sensitive solution that becomes a gel.

20 May 2018 3:27 PM IST

We list 7 of the weirdest food from around the world. (Photos: Pixabay)

Here are 7 weird food from around the world you must try

From a poisonous fish, to live octopus or ducklings still in their shells, we list food that are off the ordinary path.

3 March 2018 7:21 PM IST

Meteorologists say it is not uncommon for tornadoes to transport marine life hundreds of miles from their habitats. (Photo: Pixabay)

From octopus to starfish, it rained seafood in this Chinese city

It is believed creatures were brought inland by waterspouts which sucked them out of Yellow Sea.

16 Jun 2018 3:34 PM IST

Octopus and human lineages are separated by more than 500 million years of evolution. (Photo: Pixabay)

Octopus on ecstasy behaves the same as human, reveals secret genetic...

Study finds despite anatomical differences between octopus and human brain, there are molecular similarities in...

22 Sept 2018 3:22 PM IST

Attack shows Pak anxious to spread terror actively

Attack shows Pak anxious to spread terror actively

Even as the home ministry on Thursday indicated that the terrorists who carried out the Jammu terror attack had...

27 Sept 2013 11:50 AM IST