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 ...

M ost people can recognize a squid, even if they’ve only seen the cartoon version on Spongebob Squarepants. Cuttlefish may be ...

Cuttlefish are more solitary animals, but they definitely watch each other when they are feeding, Peyla said. Another doctoral student in the Wardill Lab, Rachael Kaspar, studies bobtail squid ...

Put a cuttlefish on the spot — or, to be more exact, a series of spots — and it will disappear. These relatives of the squid and the octopus mimic the color and texture of their surroundings ...

Certain cephalopods like cuttlefish, octopuses, and squid have the ability to camouflage themselves by making themselves transparent and/or changing their coloration.

Squid, cuttlefish and octopuses, like this California two-spot octopus, use specialized proteins in their suckers to “taste” with their arms.

Almost all cephalopods—the class of ocean dwellers that includes octopuses, cuttlefish, and squids—have an incredible ability not just to change the color and patterns on their skin, but also ...