A cuttlefish drifting over a reef looks like a small, soft-bodied relative of the squid and octopus, which is exactly what it is. But when it moves in to feed, it can put on one of the strangest ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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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 ...

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 ...

A new study published this month outlined how cuttlefish can pass the "marshmallow test," a version of which was popularized in the viral TikTok patience snack challenge Maria Pasquini is a Senior ...