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

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

The team says that the fish, which usually hunt in small groups, are more likely to catch their prey off guard by shadowing ...

Camouflage is a common defensive strategy among animals. By modifying their coloration and patterning, animals evade ...

The size and shape of a giraffe’s spots seem to influence how well the animals survive when temperatures get hotter or colder ...

Silent and patient, they often remain submerged and motionless in the water until prey approaches. With their dark skin and small “scutes” (bony outer scales), alligators easily camouflage with their ...

New research shows how they deploy similar camouflage to bamboozle their prey. By Richard Kemeny In ... Much like their octopus cousins, the animals have skin filled with pigment-loaded cells ...

Watching this cuttlefish hunting with the passing-stripe display is like being mesmerised by the tricks of a skilled ...

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 ...

Snakes are impressive predators, often utilizing speed and even venom against their opponents. But what happens when these ...