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

While sneaking up on prey, cuttlefish employ a dynamic skin display to avoid detection in the last moments of approach, ...

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 ...

Cuttlefish aren’t just masters of disguise – they're illusionists of the sea. Researchers discovered that broadclub ...

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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 ...

In the cuttlefish world, researchers have identified four impressive camouflage techniques that these mollusks use to help them pursue prey and end up with a meal. Cuttlefish have impressive ...

They’re cuttlebones from cuttlefish. Lightweight, firm, yet brittle, they are the internal shell that runs the length of the body. Each is the remnant of a single cuttlefish, which typically ...

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

Maintaining camouflage while moving is a challenge faced by many pursuit predators. In this study published today in Science ...

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