Crafty cuttlefish employ several different camouflaging displays while hunting their prey, according to a new paper published in the journal Ecology, including mimicking benign ocean objects like a ...

There are more than 120 species of cuttlefish. They are found in the order Sepiida and are grouped into six families divided between two suborders. Depending on the species, cuttlefish range in length ...

Many organisms leverage showy colors for attracting mates. Because color is a property of light (determined by its wavelength), it is easy for humans to see how these colors are used in animal ...

Cuttlefish use visual tricks to avoid being eaten. New research shows how they deploy similar camouflage to bamboozle their prey. By Richard Kemeny In May 2023, Matteo Santon was filming cuttlefish in ...

Research produced by the Wardill Lab at the University of Minnesota has scientifically advancing results on how cephalopods hunt and use vision, which has broader impacts for ocean health and marine ...

Source: Adam Dewan, via Flickr. Distributed under a CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 license. Cuttlefish, like their fellow cephalopods squid and octopus, are known for their intelligent and complex behaviors.

Most people have encountered squid through their local seafood menu or field trip to an aquarium. Unlike octopuses, which are named for their eight arms, squid have 10 individual appendages. They most ...

It was part of an experiment by Alex Schnell from the University of Cambridge and colleagues. “What surprised me the most was that the level of self-control shown by our cuttlefish was quite advanced, ...

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. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...