100 million years ago, an 'evolutionary fuse' was lit in the deep ocean, sparking squid diversification

From color-changing skin to jet-propelled motion, squid and cuttlefish have long fascinated scientists. To understand the ...
Science Daily

How squid survived Earth’s biggest extinction and took over the oceans

Scientists have finally cracked a long-standing mystery about squid and cuttlefish evolution by analyzing newly sequenced ...

Squids Originated in Deep Ocean 100 Million Years Ago

From color-changing skin to jet-propelled motion, squid and cuttlefish have long fascinated scientists. To understand the ...
Phys.org

Cuttlefish use polarized light to create a dramatic mating display invisible to humans

Many organisms leverage showy colors for attracting mates. Because color is a property of light (determined by its wavelength), it is easy for humans to see how these colors are used in animal ...
The Stanford Daily

Stanford researchers develop ‘photonic skin’ that can camouflage like octopus

In the time it takes to blink, octopus and cuttlefish can seemingly disappear into their underwater environment by changing both the color and texture of their skin. Replicating these dual camouflage ...
The New York Times

What a Crab Sees Before It Gets Eaten by a Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish use visual tricks to avoid being eaten. New research shows how they deploy similar camouflage to bamboozle their prey. By Richard Kemeny In May 2023, Matteo Santon was filming cuttlefish in ...