Scientist have characterized the microbiome of the European common cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis, an animal whose impressive camouflage skills and behavior have long been studied. They found its ...

A study of two dozen common cuttlefish reveals they can recall specific details regardless of age. Richard via Flickr [CC BY-ND 2.0] Common cuttlefish retain sharp memories about recent meals, even in ...

Cuttlefish are strange animals with some strange means of communication. Now, these cephalopods have been recorded using their arms in a way that looks like they are gesturing to each other – adding a ...

During an event, details like what you saw, smelled, and felt aren't stored as a single memory. Rather, they are encoded and stored in your brain separately. To retrieve that memory, those pieces must ...

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 ...

Cephalopods, flies and even humans share genes needed to develop limbs, perhaps provided by a common ancestor. By Carl Zimmer The cuttlefish and its relatives, squid and octopuses, often strike human ...

Cuttlefish, along with other cephalopods like octopus and squid, are masters of disguise, changing their skin color and texture to blend in with their underwater surroundings. Now, in a study ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) hovers above a shallow reef in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. This cephalopod species ...

A new study published this month outlined how cuttlefish can pass the "marshmallow test," a version of which was popularized in the viral TikTok patience snack challenge Maria Pasquini is a Senior ...

Animals have an intimate and important connection with the microbial populations (microbiomes) that live inside their bodies. This holds for the behaviorally sophisticated cuttlefish, whose microbiome ...