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 ...

An adult dwarf cuttlefish, Sepia bandensis, about 8 cm in length. Credit: Tessa Montague/ Axel lab / Columbia's Zuckerman Institute An adult dwarf cuttlefish, Sepia bandensis, about 8 cm in length.

Anything with three hearts, blue blood and skin that can change colors like a display in Times Square is likely to turn heads. Meet Sepia bandensis, known more descriptively as the camouflaging dwarf ...

Anchored to an algae-covered rock in a 120-gallon tank at the California Academy of Sciences' Steinhart Aquarium, a cluster of inky-colored cuttlefish eggs is beginning to swell—evidence of success ...

Aquatic biologist Richard Ross began a dwarf cuttlefish breeding program at the California Academy of Sciences in April. What is a cuttlefish? It’s a cephalopod, so it’s directly related to octopus ...

Cuttlefish are cephalopods, like squid and octopuses. The term cephalopod comes from Latin words that mean “head” and “foot” – which is apt, since the tentacles of these creatures, which help them ...

NEW YORK, NY — Anything with three hearts, blue blood and skin that can change colors like a display in Times Square is likely to turn heads. Meet Sepia bandensis, known more descriptively as the ...