Cuttlefish, along with other cephalopods like octopus and squid, are masters of disguise, changing their skin color and texture to blend in with their underwater surroundings. Now, in a study ...

Cuttlefish attract prospective sexual partners by creating a pattern on their skin, based on the orientation of light waves.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Ruby Gillman dives into the ocean for the first time, she’s (and everyone around her) is shocked by her immediate ...

Their camouflage seems almost magical, but scientists have observed some tricks the cephalopods use to blend in with their surroundings. By Veronique Greenwood Put a cuttlefish on the spot — or, to be ...

Here, each black dot represents a skin pattern produced by a single cuttlefish. In the same way that every color can be placed in a specific location on a color wheel, cuttlefish skin patterns can be ...

New mapping of the cuttlefish brain could explain how, and why, the marine animal employs its distinct camouflage ability according to researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ). Queensland ...

By harnessing electron-beam patterning to control the swelling and contraction of a soft polymer, researchers created a ...

Cuttlefish look like something from another planet with their weird W-shaped pupils and tentacles, but the truly bizarre ...

National News The Cuttlefish, a Master of Camouflage, Reveals a New Trick Consider the cocktail umbrella. Like their larger counterparts, these wee things can be furled and unfurled easily. Once you ...