Most people can recognize a squid, even if they’ve only seen the cartoon version on Spongebob Squarepants. Cuttlefish may be less well known but are equally armed and fabulous. They're found in ...

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 ...

Capable of changing color within the blink of an eye, squid, along with their cephalopod relatives octopi and cuttlefish, have used their natural camouflage to survive since the age of the dinosaurs.

First prepare the cuttlefish (or squid – they are done pretty much in the same way). If whole, and uncleaned, do this in the sink as the black ink can make the whole process very messy.

Octopuses are cephalopods, a class of sea animals that includes squid and cuttlefish, and the new research suggests that other cephalopods likely use chromosomes to determine their sex as well.

Cuttlefish aren’t just masters of disguise – they're illusionists of the sea. Researchers discovered that broadclub cuttlefish use a dazzling display of downward-moving stripes on their skin to sneak ...

Octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish are remarkable creatures, famed for their intelligence. They are invertebrates—animals without a backbone—and are much more distant from us in evolutionary terms than ...

The chromatophores can be opened quickly because they are controlled neurally: squid, cuttlefish and octopuses can change colors within milliseconds (Hanlon, 2007). Camouflage using chromatophores ...