A defining characteristic of the cuttlefish, the cuttlebone is a porous internal shell that helps control buoyancy, making it functionally similar to swim bladders in fish. Cuttlebones have both ...

Cuttlefish also have an internal structure called a cuttlebone that allows them to conserve energy by helping to keep them buoyant. The cuttlebone is a long, oval bone filled either with gas or ...

Cuttlebone is made of aragonite, a porous form of calcium carbonate, and helps the animal maintain buoyancy and protects its organs. The smallest of the roughly 120 species of cuttlefish is the 3- ...

"Cuttlebone in the scaffolds or in the capsules ... one of the tasks was removal of the traces of the protein tropomyosin found in cuttlefish muscle tissue, which amino sequence is slightly ...

There are many strange creatures that we share the planet with, but cuttlefish are among the strangest. And in a stunning ...

This internal shell in the cuttlefish is known as the cuttlebone. Standing on the beach, I snap one in half. The cuttlebone is hard, but the internal structure is fragile, revealing a honeycombed ...

Cuttlefish wave their expressive arms in four distinctive dancelike signals—potentially letting them communicate visually and by vibration. These marine invertebrates, which have eight sucker ...

Now, nearly 20 years later, she still uses cuttlebone — the chalky internal shell of the squid-like cuttlefish — as molds for casting jewelry. Dried cuttlebone, when sanded, has a “unique ...