Over evolutionary time, segments of cephalopod DNA were rearranged over and over into something highly adaptable and highly ...

Cuttlefish are among the ocean's most adaptable hunters, capable of changing their skin color in less than 200 milliseconds ...

Cephalopods, like the octopus, have specialized arms and suckers, but how these structures evolved from the simple bodies of their mollusk ancestors remains a mystery. Researchers from the University ...

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, ...

Researchers in South Korea installed artificial spawning structures that attracted golden cuttlefish and bigfin reef squid, ...

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Some animals have camouflaging abilities that can seem too good to be true. One ocean conservation group has now shared footage of the broadclub cuttlefish, showcasing the "master of disguise" and its ...

Can you remember what you had for dinner last weekend? That ability is a function of episodic memory, and how well we can recall the time and place of specific events typically declines with age.

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 ...

From May to August, if you head into the water around Point Lowly, South Australia, it will be a chilly 12 degrees Celsius. But you'll be able to observe what look like aliens — hundreds, even ...

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 ...