Color-changing hogfish can 'see with its skin,' study says. By Sheri Walsh. 1 of 2 | A new study finds the hogfish, which lives in the western Atlantic Ocean, ...

Hogfish changing color as it is approached by a diver in Miami, Fla. Credit: Brandon Kohn. Now Schweikert and her colleagues may have pinpointed the natural detection system hogfish use to make ...

We’ve long marveled at color-changing critters like squid, chameleons, cuttlefish, and others as they flash brilliant hues. Animals across species possess this ability for a suite of reasons ...

The blue shark ( Prionace glauca) might be more than its name. Scientists investigating the sleek ocean predator's skin ...

The liquid crystals change their orientation—and their color—based on temperature. So, the researchers stacked prepatterned heater strips under the fake lizard’s skin.