Many animals must sneak up on their prey to ensure that they can manage to catch a good meal. Whether it's a big cat slinking ...

While sneaking up on prey, cuttlefish employ a dynamic skin display to avoid detection in the last moments of approach, researchers at the University of Bristol have found.

The experts recorded cuttlefish targeting crabs and noticed a striking display that seems to distract the prey’s ...

The discovery disputes the common theory that the cuttlefish uses a form of hypnotization to capture its prey; the prey likely just doesn’t even see the cuttlefish, and rather a confusing patterned ...

One of the world’s most skilled underwater predators has been filmed using complex "illusions" to mesmerise its prey before ...

The giant cuttlefish (scientific name Sepia latimanus) has stripes that continuously change, giving the impression of flowing. Scientists have confirmed that this flow of stripes is a camouflage ...

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Unlike the octopus's arms, which that animal often uses to move and carry objects, the cuttlefish's eight arms are specialized for grasping prey after the cuttlefish captures it with its two ...

In this study published today in Science Advances, the team uncovered a novel form of motion camouflage, whereby the broadclub cuttlefish pass dark stripes downwards across their head and arms to ...

In this study published today in Science Advances, the team uncovered a novel form of motion camouflage, whereby the broadclub cuttlefish pass dark stripes downwards across their head and arms to ...