A team led by UC San Diego was able to mass-produce a key pigment, xanthommatin, that occurs in the psychedelic skin of many ...

Cephalopods like octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish have the mesmerizing ability to change the color of their skin to ...

One morning, biologist Leah Bushin checked on a flask of bacteria and noticed something unusual: the liquid had turned a deep ...

Researchers engineer bacteria to mass produce the rare octopus pigment xanthommatin, marking a major advance in camouflage ...

Pigments are uncommon in the textile industry because, unlike dyes, they are insoluble in water and need a binder to stick to ...

These expert camouflage skills have intrigued scientists as long ago as 350 B.C., when Aristotle took interest in octopuses’ ...

Chlorophyll breaks down, revealing the yellow pigment that was there all along. But red? Red is a different story altogether.

When summer fades and fall emerges, lush green tree leaves give way to a variety of warm hues in foliage that mark the ...

The study reveals how hair pigment stem cells respond to DNA damage by making fate decisions that can result in either hair graying or the development of melanoma. Throughout life, our cells face ...

In a significant scientific breakthrough, researchers have successfully synthesized the rare pigment that endows octopuses ...