Cephalopods are a group of soft-bodied marine mollusks that include cuttlefish, octopuses, squid and nautiluses. Many of ...

In 2011, Justine Allen and Derya Akkaynak were scuba diving in the Aegean Sea in coastal Turkey. They were recording video to study cuttlefish camouflage when they spotted a pair of the creatures ...

The State Government has expanded monitoring and research to better understand the Giant Australian Cuttlefish population’s decline, including ...

Marine biologist Alex Schnell has spent her career probing the inner lives of cephalopods, and what she has found in those ...

Cooking this massive cuttlefish starts with a struggle as its powerful tentacles repeatedly grab back whenever it’s touched. While alive, the animal flashes different colors as a defense mechanism, ...

When cuttlefish know that shrimp—their favourite food—will be available in the evening, they eat fewer crabs during the day. This capacity to make decisions based on future expectations reveals ...

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Cuttlefish, with their blimp-shaped bodies and eight squiggly arms, don’t age like people do. Sexual maturity tends to come late for them—about three-quarters of the way through their two-year lives, ...

While cuttlefish wearing glasses is an unexpected sight, a University of Minnesota-led research team built an underwater theater and equipped the cephalopods with specialized 3-D glasses to ...

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The flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia tullbergi) earned its moniker for a reason. Like many cephalopods, this cuttlefish can change its appearance with remarkable flexibility and speed. Sometimes it ...