The cuttlefish, known as the "chameleon of the sea," can rapidly alter both the color and pattern of its skin. Reuters A team of scientists at Harvard University and the Marine Biological Laboratory, ...

Cuttlefish are camouflage experts that can change skin color in under a second to hide from predators, or prey on others. They’re inspiring more than just awe from scientists. Now researchers at MIT ...

The cuttlefish is often called the chameleon of the sea, but where the land-based version can only change its color, the sepia-squirting, tentacled one can change its skin texture as well as its tint ...

Cuttlefish have the most acute polarization vision yet found in any animal, researchers have discovered by showing them movies on a modified LCD computer screen to test their eyesight. Cuttlefish have ...

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 ...

Some male cuttlefish use a clever trick to evade bigger rivals when competing for a mate - they change colour to look female. Marine expert Sheree Marris witnessed this crafty cross-dressing while ...

Before we had the luxuries of modern science, folks used to believe that every land animal had a counterpart in the sea. So in the depths there naturally must be sea cows, sea unicorns, and even sea ...

The sleek animal glides effortlessly above the ground. The skin of her bullet-shaped body can smoothly change colour and pattern to match the surroundings, providing an almost perfect camouflage. The ...

Cuttlefish are among the most remarkable of cephalopods, but nobody expected the creatures to have this particular trick up their sleeve. Cuttlefish can actually see information in the angle of ...