WE are indebted to Prof. Polimanti for directing our attention to his previously published observations on the swimming of cuttlefish. We have not access to the journal in which his work was published ...

Imagine trying to get close to your dinner only for it to be swept aside by your approach; this is the scenario faced by aquatic creatures every day as they try to snap up a tasty morsel. 'It is ...

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 ...

IT may not perhaps be generally realised that the common cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis, uses its siphon for slow swimming in all directions, as well as for the more violent backward leaps. We recently ...