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

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

Cuttlefish attract prospective sexual partners by creating a pattern on their skin, based on the orientation of light waves.

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 ...

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

A new study published this month outlined how cuttlefish can pass the "marshmallow test," a version of which was popularized in the viral TikTok patience snack challenge When it comes to food, ...

By harnessing electron-beam patterning to control the swelling and contraction of a soft polymer, researchers created a ...

Cuttlefish look like something from another planet with their weird W-shaped pupils and tentacles, but the truly bizarre ...

Their camouflage seems almost magical, but scientists have observed some tricks the cephalopods use to blend in with their surroundings. By Veronique Greenwood Put a cuttlefish on the spot — or, to be ...

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Can you remember what you had for dinner last weekend? That ability is a function of episodic memory, and how well we can recall the time and place of specific events typically declines with age.