Cuttlefish have a short life span, but they grow quickly. They may only live one or two years, but some species can grow up to about 23 lbs (10.5 kg). Since they have such fast growth rates ...

The cuttlefish’s apparent waving behavior reveals a new aspect of their sophistication, and opens up a new avenue for researchers to investigate their smarts using machine learning. The team’s ...

In an effort to answer this question, scientists have turned to high-resolution videos that can show what individual skin cells are up to as a cuttlefish changes color. In a paper published in the ...

The four cuttlefish gestures: “up,” “side,” “roll” and “crown.” The “up” sign involves a cuttlefish extending one pair of arms upward as if swim dancing to the Bee Gees song ...

It's well known that cuttlefish and several other cephalopods can rapidly shift the colors in their skin thanks to that skin's unique structure. But according to a new paper published in the ...

On the other end of the scale, the giant Australian cuttlefish weighs up to 22 pounds and measures about 1.5 feet long. Both cuttlefish and squid are a bit wild-eyed—but in different ways.

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 ...