Many organisms leverage showy colors for attracting mates. Because color is a property of light (determined by its wavelength ...

For 30 years, scientists have known that cuttlefish, which are related to squids and octopuses, can see the orientation of ...

Every critter on this planet that relies on a sexual means of reproduction has its own way of luring in a mate – but ...

Flamboyant sexual ornaments serve as conspicuous visual signals optimized to the visual receptors and perception of potential ...

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 ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Cuttlefish, along with other cephalopods like octopus and squid, are masters of disguise, changing their skin color and texture to blend in with their underwater surroundings. Now, in a study ...

NEW YORK, NY — Anything with three hearts, blue blood and skin that can change colors like a display in Times Square is likely to turn heads. Meet Sepia bandensis, known more descriptively as the ...