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Blending in

By Eric Niiler / May 10, 2013

Can you spot the cuttlefish? A common European cuttlefish camouflages itself on the seafloor. Credit: Justine Allen

Engineers take a lesson from nature’s masters of disguise

Posted in Animals, Technology & Engineering | Tagged 3-D TV, Andrea Toa, Baltimore County, camouflage, Cape Cod, cephalopod, chromatophore, cuttlefish, Doryteuthis pealeii, electronic skin, feature, flounder, holographic games, John Rogers, light detector, light sensor, Lydia Mathger, mantis shrimp, Marine Biological Laboratory, MBL, medical imaging, mega TVs, octopus, opsin, predator, Rice University, Richard Baraniuk, Roger Hanlon, Sepia officinalis, squid, submarine, three dimensional TV, Tom Cronin, topstories, University of California San Diego, University of Illinois, University of Maryland, visual pigment, Woods Hole

Secret signals

By Roberta Kwok / January 15, 2013

Chemicals called pheromones act as messengers between individuals. Many plants and animals — including squid — respond to such secret chemical signals. Credit: Roger T. Hanlon

Animals respond to chemical messages they may not even realize they’re swapping

Posted in Chemistry | Tagged Adaptation, aphids, bombykol, Butenandt, cephalopod, chemical attractant, chemical communication, chemical messenger, Dendrobium sinense, elephant, emperor moth, fear, feature, honeybee, hormones, Jean-Henri Fabre, Jennifer Brodmann, Lamprey, longfin inshore squid, lure, luteinizing hormone, Manfred Ayasse, Marine Biological Laboratory, Monell Chemical Senses Center, nectar, octopus, orchid, pheromones, pollen, Roger Hanlon, sex attractant, silk moth, squid, topstories, Tristram Wyatt, University of Oxford, University of Ulm, Woods Hole, Wysocki