There are more than 120 species of cuttlefish. They are found in the order Sepiida and are grouped into six families divided between two suborders. Depending on the species, cuttlefish range in length ...

In the late 1990s, more than 180,000 giant cuttlefish gathered to breed in South Australian waters. Since then, their numbers have dwindled by 93 per cent and no-one is sure why AT FIRST GLANCE, the ...

Cuttlefish, along with octopuses and squid, are cephalopods—animals from an ancient branch of the tree of life that have been trolling the oceans for more than 500 million years. Cuttlefish were ...

A devastating algal bloom is threatening a population of cuttlefish that gathers annually in a unique global phenomenon, and swift action has been urged to protect it from a catastrophic wipe-out. A ...

Crafty cuttlefish employ several different camouflaging displays while hunting their prey, according to a new paper published in the journal Ecology, including mimicking benign ocean objects like a ...

An underwater B & S ball is in full swing, and the blokes are outclassing the ladies. Shimmering in neon-pulsing tutus and court-jester headpieces, they saunter seductively, prowling for a female. But ...

A small team of marine biologists at the University of Bristol, in the U.K., working with a colleague from the Regional Research and Innovation Agency of West Papua, Indonesia, has found that wild ...