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

Many organisms leverage showy colors for attracting mates. Because color is a property of light (determined by its wavelength ...

Every critter on this planet that relies on a sexual means of reproduction has its own way of luring in a mate – but ...

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 ...

Flamboyant sexual ornaments serve as conspicuous visual signals optimized to the visual receptors and perception of potential mates. While ...

Cuttlefish are strange animals with some strange means of communication. Now, these cephalopods have been recorded using their arms in a way that looks like they are gesturing to each other – adding a ...

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

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 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 ...

Every winter, off the coast of South Australia, thousands of giant cuttlefish gather for the showdown of a lifetime. In an effort to win a mate, these shape-shifting sea creatures display some of the ...