"Linked to their brain, thousands of pigment cells expand and contract on their skin." ...

A small team of marine biologists at the University of Bristol, in the U.K., working with a colleague from the Regional Research and Innovation Agency of West Papua, Indonesia, has found that wild ...

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 ...

Two giant male cuttlefish put on a mesmerizing underwater light show as waves of vibrant colors rippled across their bodies while they glided through the shallows off Sydney. The stunning footage was ...

Cuttlefish skin is interesting in many ways: it functions as a display system, camouflage device, texture generator, and communication tool all at once. Within seconds, an individual can alter color, ...

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 ...

One of the two cuttlefish she used in the experiment, as expected, kept its skin smooth and could no longer change color in the portion affected by the surgery, though it swam around healthily enough.

This video features a cuttlefish swimming above a vibrant coral reef in the tropical waters of Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua, ...