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 ...

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

Scientists outfitted cuttlefish with red and blue 3D glasses to test how their vision works and found that it’s very similar to our own. Put on those vintage red and blue 3D glasses, settle in with a ...

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 ...

Cuttlefish use visual tricks to avoid being eaten. New research shows how they deploy similar camouflage to bamboozle their prey. By Richard Kemeny See more of our coverage in your search ...

While cuttlefish wearing glasses is an unexpected sight, a University of Minnesota-led research team built an underwater theater and equipped the cephalopods with specialized 3-D glasses to ...

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.

Scientists knew octopuses and squid didn’t have any depth perception, but they had a hunch their cuttlefish cousins might. By Veronique Greenwood See more of our coverage in your search ...