Many organisms leverage showy colors for attracting mates. Because color is a property of light (determined by its wavelength ...

Cuttlefish attract prospective sexual partners by creating a pattern on their skin, based on the orientation of light waves.

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

Every year off the South Australian coast, giant Australian cuttlefish come together in huge numbers to breed. They put on a technicolour display of blue, purple, green, red and gold, changing hues as ...

Drag cuttlefish Some male cuttlefish are able to keep a potential mate to themselves by dressing up in drag to deceive competing males. Behavioural ecologist Associate Professor Culum Brown, of ...

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 ...

Cuttlefish color change behaves more like a reflex than a mood, because neurons from the brain fire tiny muscles that pull ...