In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through the eyes of an underwater robot as they explored the Mar del Plata Canyon.

Nature doesn’t hand out invisibility cloaks, but some animals come awfully close. Instead of relying on speed or toxins to stay alive, these animals take a quieter route and vanish. Camouflage is a ...

Octopuses conceal themselves in their surroundings using chromatophores—cells that can change pigment dynamically—to match the colors of the seafloor, reef systems, and even other animals. But they ...

This secretive native of both sides of the Caribbean—from Belize to the British Virgin Islands—hides out on ledges and in caves of reefs up to 140 feet below the surface of the sea. Although not being ...

When most of us picture the ocean, we imagine turquoise waves, colorful reefs, and shoals of darting fish. But that’s only the surface. Venture deeper, far below the last reach of sunlight, and you ...

Harbor seals use their whiskers to gather all sorts of intel from their surroundings. These exquisitely tuned sensory hairs even seem to allow them to outmaneuver the escape plans of their fishy prey.

Animals need to get creative to survive in the wild. While some feature bright “warning colors” to keep predators away, a strategy called aposematism, others have evolved to stay hidden in their ...

Elusive eels may use ultra-black pigmentation alongside bioluminescence to pounce upon and engulf unwitting prey. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...

Many animals are countershaded, meaning that their dorsal sides are darker than their ventral sides. The color pattern occurs in animals terrestrial and aquatic alike and is one of the most common ...