Few animals put on a show quite like a cuttlefish. In the space of a heartbeat, its skin can shift from mottled sand to inky black, then send rippling bands of color racing down its body like light ...

Cuttlefish skin is interesting in many ways: it functions as a display system, camouflage device, texture generator, and communication tool all at once. Within seconds, an individual can alter color, ...

In nature, the ability to change color can be key to survival. Vision is a very important sense in much of the animal kingdom ...

A Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) hovers above a shallow reef in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. This cephalopod species is a master of color change.© Ethan Daniels/Shutterstock.com ...