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 ...
Ars Technica

Study: Cuttlefish adapt camouflage displays when hunting prey

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 ...
ScienceAlert on MSN

Cuttlefish Literally Twist Light to Attract a Mate, Study Finds

Every critter on this planet that relies on a sexual means of reproduction has its own way of luring in a mate – but ...
IFLScience

Become Mesmerized By A Hunting Cuttlefish Display, One Downward Stripe At A Time

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

Transmission through muscle tissue shapes polarization signals during cuttlefish courtship

Flamboyant sexual ornaments serve as conspicuous visual signals optimized to the visual receptors and perception of potential mates. While ...
The Conversation

The giant cuttlefish’s technicolour mating display is globally unique. The SA algal bloom could kill them all

Zoe Doubleday receives funding from the Australian Research Council and is affiliated with the University of South Australia. She is also a Director of the Southern Ocean Discovery Centre and Board ...
The Stanford Daily

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

By harnessing electron-beam patterning to control the swelling and contraction of a soft polymer, researchers created a ...
The Nature Network on MSN

Strange facts about cuttlefish most people don’t know

Cuttlefish look like something from another planet with their weird W-shaped pupils and tentacles, but the truly bizarre ...