Mah says the starfish spotted by the expedition was probably a species called a Chondraster grandis — the pink starfish that was likely the inspiration for the Patrick character. While the real ...

Christopher Mah, a team member on NOAA’s ship Okeanos Explorer, came across a bright yellow sea sponge and pink starfish next to each other on the ocean floor that reminded him of the ...

A marine biologist posted a picture of a yellow sea sponge sitting next to a pink starfish in the Atlantic Ocean. The sea creatures closely resemble the cartoon characters SpongeBob and Patrick ...

On June 30, Twitter user @Babyshoujo shared a photo of the pink starfish she saw at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif. The viral starfish in question is a vermillion sea star that ...