The cuttlefish is often called the chameleon of the sea, but where the land-based version can only change its color, the sepia-squirting, tentacled one can change its skin texture as well as its tint ...

Cuttlefish have the most acute polarization vision yet found in any animal, researchers have discovered by showing them movies on a modified LCD computer screen to test their eyesight. Cuttlefish have ...

Cuttlefish are masters of disguise, able to change their skin color in less than a second to hide from predators or draw in prey for the kill. Now, scientists from MIT and elsewhere are developing ...

Cuttlefish are camouflage experts that can change skin color in under a second to hide from predators, or prey on others. They’re inspiring more than just awe from scientists. Now researchers at MIT ...

Duke biologist Sarah Zylinski wants to better understand how cuttlefish see the world. Like their relatives octopus and squid, cuttlefish are master camouflagers—and Zylinski says you can learn ...

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 ...

The flamboyant cuttlefish flashes patterns and psychedelic colours and waves its arms in a hypnotic display If you love a feisty rebel, look no further than the flamboyant cuttlefish, on the 10-strong ...

Before we had the luxuries of modern science, folks used to believe that every land animal had a counterpart in the sea. So in the depths there naturally must be sea cows, sea unicorns, and even sea ...

(Credit: Stephan Junek) Pity the cuttlefish that tries to play poker. Where humans might blush when embarrassed or go white when frightened, cuttlefish wear their thoughts on their skins much more ...