Researchers observed the common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) routinely wave its arms in four flashy gestures. Cuttlefish wave their expressive arms in four distinctive dancelike signals—potentially ...

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 ...

Here's a tongue-twister for you: Crafty cuttlefish can complete contours to carefully choose camouflage. What this means, without all the alliteration, is that the visual systems of these squid-like ...

Here's a tongue-twister for you: Crafty cuttlefish can complete contours to carefully choose camouflage. What this means, without all the alliteration, is that the visual systems of these squidlike ...

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 ...

(CN) — The cuttlefish, known for its mesmerizing camouflage, has impressed scientists by revealing that it has yet another unique trick up its sleeve. Dubbed the “passing-stripe” display by ...

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, ...

Unlike the octopus's arms, which that animal often uses to move and carry objects, the cuttlefish's eight arms are specialized for grasping prey after the cuttlefish captures it with its two elongated ...

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 ...