Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have described a new way to produce large amounts of xanthommatin, a natural pigment, in a bacterium for the first time. Xanthommatin ...

US scientists have bioengineered the octopus pigment xanthommatin in bacteria, producing 1,000 times more material than traditional methods.

Imagine a world without humans. A study suggests octopuses could take over. These marine creatures show remarkable ...

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In a separate 2024 study, researchers also made mice temporarily transparent. The study, published in Science, showed that ...

If we set aside elephants and blue whales for a moment and shift our focus to the other end of the size spectrum, the world ...

Starting work on Planet Earth III is a daunting prospect. You ask yourself, are there really new places to travel to? Can we find new dramas to tell? Could we even film a species for the first time?

"Many animals use visual strategies such as size exaggeration or camouflage because perception is not about reproducing reality faithfully, but about survival," Maria Santacà, a researcher into animal ...

Australian defense company Electro Optic Systems (EOS) has recently unveiled the world’s most affordable high-energy laser ...

Scientists at New York City's Rockefeller University arrived at their lab one morning and found the male Brazilian reef octopus with his arms wrapped inside a piece of PVC pipe, like he was trying to ...

As the largest predatory fish on Earth, great white sharks are already impressive, armed with up to 300 serrated teeth and weighing up to 5,000 pounds. Now, new research adds more intrigue to the ...

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