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, ...

New research into the anatomy of blue sharks (Prionace glauca) reveals a unique nanostructure in their skin that produces their iconic blue coloration, but intriguingly, also suggests a potential ...

Video: An octopus at Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory catching a crab, and changing color. Credit: Kirt L. Onthank. While it prompts new questions, it also provides possible answers for others.

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 ...

a mole changing in color, size, or shape; There is great variation in the color of people’s skin, including the color of moles.

Melanocytes are cells that give color to the skin to protect it from the sun’s rays. Specific changes to the DNA sequence of melanocytes, called BRAF gene mutations, are found in over 75% of moles.

New research suggests that blue sharks may actually be some of the best chameleons in the world, but we still have to prove ...

By scaling up their calculations to match human surface area, Onthank said that, if our species had color-changing octopus skin, we would burn roughly 390 extra calories a day changing color ...