Many organisms leverage showy colors for attracting mates. Because color is a property of light (determined by its wavelength), it is easy for humans to see how these colors are used in animal ...

Nobody envies the sex life of a male Australian giant cuttlefish, also known as Sepia apama. The largest cuttlefish on Earth, these cephalopods typically mate only once in their lives and outnumber ...

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

Cuttlefish attract prospective sexual partners by creating a pattern on their skin, based on the orientation of light waves. By Kate Golembiewski Many of the snazziest decorations in the animal ...

NEW YORK - Many of the snazziest decorations in the animal kingdom are charm offensives, put on by creatures trying to mate. While some of these adornments, like a peacock’s tail feathers or a moose’s ...

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 ...

Zoe Doubleday receives funding from the Australian Research Council and is affiliated with the University of South Australia. She is also a Director of the Southern Ocean Discovery Centre and Board ...