Why Australia's giant cuttlefish mating season has gone silent - BBC News

According to official figures only 1,811 cuttlefish turned up to mate this year, down 97% on last year.

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Every winter, a sliver of the South Australian coast hosts the world's largest mating event for giant cuttlefish.

Some years, hundreds of thousands of the unique marine species endemic to Australia gather along the Cuttlefish Coast for the annual mating season, bringing their colourful, shape-shifting figures to the shallow waters and attracting thousands of keen divers.

But this year, the turnout was the lowest on record, sparking concerns of a "catastrophic decline" of the species.