Like its close relatives, the squid and octopus, the cuttlefish is equipped with an ink sac that can help it make a last-ditch escape from predators that hunt by sight. The cuttlefish can eject ...

Carefully remove the entrails and the ink sac from the main body. Pull out the cuttlebone (or squid quill), then rinse the cuttlefish or squid thoroughly, pulling off any membranes. Cut into ...

By releasing melanin-rich ink, cuttlefish can create a smokescreen to confuse predators and escape. Last month, scientists from University College Dublin published a new study suggesting that ...

Cuttlefish and squid are masters of camouflage thanks to the chromatophores in their skin. The animals can make these tiny, pigment-filled sacs expand ... squirt clouds of ink, partly made of ...

shooting out a smoke screen of ink or using its ink to create decoys of itself. How does the cuttlefish accomplish all this? In this interactive feature, take a look at select parts of this ...