Cuttlefish have abilities and senses that are alien to us humans. They can change their appearance in a split second, mimicking floating vegetation or rocks on the seafloor. When danger looms, ...

Ling Li has a lesson in one of his mechanical engineering courses on how brittle materials like calcium carbonate behave under stress. In it, he takes a piece of chalk composed of the compound and ...

The group of researchers of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania has developed several innovative applications of cuttlebone, natural biologically active material possessing bone and wound ...

Did you know that cuttlefish can change color, texture, and shape? Did you know they contain a bone called the cuttlebone? There is a reason why they are called the chameleons of the sea. The video ...

When Ruby Gillman dives into the ocean for the first time, she’s (and everyone around her) is shocked by her immediate transformation into a hulking tentacled monster. Growing up is tough no matter ...

IT is generally recognized that the cuttlebone not only serves the cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis (L.), as a skeleton but also gives it buoyancy. The cuttlebone contains gas spaces which give it a ...