A jawfish (indicated by the red arrow) hides among the arms of a mimic octopus. Courtesy of Godehard Kopp “There are some cases in which many species mimic the same model,” Luiz Rocha, of the ...

The mimic octopus is a stealthy swimmer (and a furious lover) but it’s not the only master of disguise in the ocean. While swimming off of the coast of Indonesia last July, diver Godehard Kopp noticed ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Researchers at Nissan have been studying how quickly and how closely individual fish can swim together without bumping into each other. Last week, at a technology show outside Tokyo, the carmaker ...

In the experiment, researchers raised bichirs, which are fish with functional lungs and strong fins. In a pinch, these qualities allow them to walk on land. But this is something new: For eight months ...

Researchers tapped advances in real-time tracking software and robotics to design and test the first closed-loop control system featuring a bioinspired robotic replica interacting in three dimensions ...

This article isn't about a news item. Rather, it's more a celebration of how fascinating nature can be, and how it can sometimes be so damn cool that it actually blows our mind! The Mimic Octopus aka ...

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but for cleaner wrasse on the Great Barrier Reef it also means a drop in business. In a paper published today in Royal Society Biology Letters, ...

Scientists have developed bio-inspired robots that "see" and mimic the behaviour of live fish in real time and may help improve our understanding of marine animals. Biomimetic robots have been ...