The ICAR-CMFRI launched a research project to study fishery resources around seamounts in the Arabian Sea, focusing on cephalopods. Funded by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, it aims to document ...

The project will also develop AI-based tools for automated identification of squid, cuttlefish and octopus species, which will significantly strengthen scientific understanding of deep-sea biodiversit ...

We named him Squirt – not because he was the smallest of the 16 cuttlefish in the pool, but because anyone with the audacity to scoop him into a separate tank to study him was likely to get soaked.

Consider the cuttlefish. According to new research, this cephalopod has a trick hidden up its tentacles — or rather, its large brain. It reveals one surprising aspect of this creature's intelligence: ...

We named him Squirt—not because he was the smallest of the 16 cuttlefish in the pool, but because anyone with the audacity to scoop him into a separate tank to study him was likely to get soaked.

The cephalopod cuttlefish has passed a famous psychological “marshmallow” test designed to gauge the propensity for delayed gratification in children. The findings indicate that these sea creatures ...

Source: Adam Dewan, via Flickr. Distributed under a CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 license. Cuttlefish, like their fellow cephalopods squid and octopus, are known for their intelligent and complex behaviors.