Learn how starfish got their shape after a complicated evolutionary process, starting with an ancestor that lived 500 million ...

Researchers in Japan have discovered a new species of starfish. The discovery came about thanks to collaborative work among researchers, fishers, and aquarium and museum staff. The starfish, which ...

This seems to have solved the mystery of how the starfish got its arms. But it doesn’t necessarily answer the ‘why’. Imran ...

Starfish, or sea stars, are brilliant and resilient ocean creatures. These bottom-dwelling echinoderms have a central disc body covered in tough calcium carbonate skin that helps provide support and ...

An unassuming starfish species found around the world has a shocking amount of DNA hidden inside its cells. The brooding brittle star (Amphipholis squamata), which has a tiny disk-shaped body and ...

While some starfish species have recovered from the initial outbreak, the sunflower star has not. Its big, pillowy body is highly susceptible to whatever is causing the wasting syndrome.

There are roughly 2,000 known species of starfish, and this new one was discovered in Japan by a team from the University of Tokyo, Enoshima Aquarium, Marine Science Museum, ...

Scientists have finally figured out how to make heads or tails of starfish. Skip to main content. Scientific American. November 3, 2023. ... The more closely related the species, ...

However it is caused, it has had a significant impact on starfish populations in the USA. Since 2012, outbreaks of the disease on the country's Atlantic and Pacific coasts have affected at least 20 ...

The starfish began to form white lesions on their limbs that would dissolve the surrounding flesh and eventually lead to their death. The disease effected scores of species of starfish, but ...

Starfish, or sea stars, are brilliant and resilient ocean creatures. These bottom-dwelling echinoderms have a central disc body covered in tough calcium carbonate skin that helps provide support and ...