Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A male celebes medaka with black markings starting to appear towards the end of its tail. Dominant males of an Indonesian species ...

Hogfish are the chameleons of the Atlantic Ocean, seamlessly changing their skin color depending on their environment. As if those morphing skills weren't impressive enough, these reef dwellers can ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...

Hogfish can change their color in less than a second to blend in with their surroundings. Reinhard Dirscherl \ ullstein bild via Getty Images Like a chameleon, a hogfish can quickly change the color ...

After scuba diving and shooting video at Tunnels Beach one day I had a tourist come up to me and say she saw a clownfish out on the reef while snorkeling. I responded back and said that we do not have ...

We’ve long marveled at color-changing critters like squid, chameleons, cuttlefish, and others as they flash brilliant hues. Animals across species possess this ability for a suite of reasons, ...

Lorian Schweikert was fishing in the Florida Keys when she hooked a hogfish—a type of tasty wrasse that’s known for its ability to change colors to match its coral reef environment. Schweikert dropped ...

Striped marlin are some of the fastest animals on the planet and one of the ocean’s top predators. When hunting in groups, individual marlin will take turns attacking schools of prey fish one at a ...

Among color-changing sea creatures, the ability to flash from one hue to another more typically comes in handy for evading predators rather than hunting prey. But the striped marlin, new research ...

Dominant males of an Indonesian species of fish turn black during periods of heightened aggression, scientists have discovered. Their blackened markings, which quickly emerge at the start of a ...