This Lab Just Copied the Octopus’s Camouflage Superpower

Using robotic evolution, UC San Diego scientists trained bacteria to produce more of the pigment that powers octopus camouflage. Genetic analysis revealed key mutations that turned the microbes into highly efficient pigment factories. Cracking Nature’s Camouflage Secret Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have taken a major step toward understanding one of nature’s […]