Cuttlefish use visual tricks to avoid being eaten. New research shows how they deploy similar camouflage to bamboozle their prey.

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 ...

How does the cuttlefish accomplish all this? In this interactive feature, take a look at select parts of this octopus relative and learn more about how this master of deception and disguise ...

Squid are stocked by many retailers, fresh or frozen; cuttlefish and octopus are also available ... Pregnant women should only eat shellfish that has been thoroughly cooked.

aiding in patterns that disrupts the cuttlefish and octopus body outline (Hanlon & Messenger, 1988). Since the leucophores reflect filtered light as well, they aid in color matching because they ...