Cuttlefish, along with octopuses and squid, are cephalopods—animals from an ancient branch of the tree of life that have been trolling the oceans for more than 500 million years. Cuttlefish were ...

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 ...

Imagine trying to get close to your dinner only for it to be swept aside by your approach; this is the scenario faced by aquatic creatures every day as they try to snap up a tasty morsel. 'It is ...

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 ...

Source: Adam Dewan, via Flickr. Distributed under a CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 license. Cuttlefish, like their fellow cephalopods squid and octopus, are known for their intelligent and complex behaviors.

Consider the cuttlefish. According to new research, this cephalopod has a trick hidden up its tentacles — or rather, its large brain. It reveals one surprising aspect of this creature's intelligence: ...

The largest species of cuttlefish in the world is at risk from a huge desalination plant being proposed in South Australia, say researchers. The comments, from a marine ecologist and oceanographer, ...