Many organisms leverage showy colors for attracting mates. Because color is a property of light (determined by its wavelength), it is easy for humans to see how these colors are used in animal ...

A freediver exploring the kelp forests off Cape Town, South Africa, had an unexpected underwater encounter with a curious ...

Cuttlefish attract prospective sexual partners by creating a pattern on their skin, based on the orientation of light waves. By Kate Golembiewski Many of the snazziest decorations in the animal ...

Dani, a marine biologist and Underwater Filmmaker from South Africa made a cute underwater friend. She was exploring beneath the waves when she spotted the tiny cuttlefish swimming alone nearby.

Sophie Cohen-Bodénès and Peter Neri, neuroscientists at École Normale Supérieure, in France, report possible evidence of cuttlefish communicating by waving their 'arms' at one another. Their paper is ...

Cuttlefish skin is interesting in many ways: it functions as a display system, camouflage device, texture generator, and ...

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 ...