While sneaking up on prey, cuttlefish employ a dynamic skin display to avoid detection in the last moments of approach, ...

The experts recorded cuttlefish targeting crabs and noticed a striking display that seems to distract the prey’s ...

Recently, researchers have looked at cuttlefish predatory movements and found they are using a unique method to hide their ...

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The discovery disputes the common theory that the cuttlefish uses a form of hypnotization to capture its prey; the prey likely just doesn’t even see the cuttlefish, and rather a confusing patterned ...

Above us, as we walk the untouched sands of Barley Cove on the Mizen Peninsula in Cork, a ribbon of milky-white clouds folds and ripples through the transparent, pale-blue sky as the sun’s rays ...

Eleanor is a content creator and social media assistant with an undergraduate degree in zoology and a master’s degree in wildlife documentary production. Trying to catch a meal in the animal ...

One of the world’s most skilled underwater predators has been filmed using complex "illusions" to mesmerise its prey before ...

While sneaking up on prey, cuttlefish employ a dynamic skin display to avoid detection in last moments of approach, researchers have found. While sneaking up on prey, cuttlefish employ a dynamic ...

Eleanor is a content creator and social media assistant with an undergraduate degree in zoology and a master’s degree in wildlife documentary production. Many animals must sneak up on their prey ...

Maintaining camouflage while moving is a challenge faced by many pursuit predators. In this study published today in Science ...