Cuttlefish can remember what, where, and when specific events happened—right up to their last few days of life, researchers have found. The results, published this week in the journal Proceedings of ...

Marine biologist Alex Schnell has spent her career probing the inner lives of cephalopods, and what she has found in those unblinking eyes challenges some deeply held assumptions about which animals ...

New mapping of the cuttlefish brain could explain how and why the marine animal employs its distinct camouflage ability according to researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ). Queensland ...

Cooking this massive cuttlefish starts with a struggle as its powerful tentacles repeatedly grab back whenever it’s touched. While alive, the animal flashes different colors as a defense mechanism, ...

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.

A common cuttlefish sits in a tank, a piece of king prawn visible through an open door just inches away. Behind a second, sealed door, a live grass shrimp drifts in a separate chamber. The cuttlefish ...

Cuttlefish, with their blimp-shaped bodies and eight squiggly arms, don’t age like people do. Sexual maturity tends to come late for them—about three-quarters of the way through their two-year lives, ...

Cuttlefish are well known for their incredible camouflaging abilities; they can rapidly change the color and texture of their skin at will. Researchers are learning more about when these amazing ...

At first glance, the cuttlefish looks like a pretty easy meal. It’s squishy, stubby, and seemingly defenseless. But the cuttlefish doesn't give up so easily. Like its cousins the octopus and the squid ...

Many people have heard of the cuttlefish but haven’t actually seen one in person – and we’re just going to say, if you haven’t seen a cuttlefish in person yet, then you’re doing yourself an injustice.