Our planet is teeming with invertebrates that, to our human eyes, may seem alien in the way they live and reproduce. Starfish are among the oldest living animals on our planet. They appeared in a ...

Starfish that reproduce through cloning avoid aging to a greater extent than those that propagate through sexual reproduction. Starfish that reproduce through cloning avoid ageing to a greater ...

A close examination of a collection of starfish in the Smithsonian revealed even more starfish inside those starfish. By Darren Incorvaia Christopher Mah, a biologist at the Smithsonian, was ...

While the cartoon starfish Patrick Star from "SpongeBob Squarepants" is famously stupid, his real-life counterpart in science may in fact be all head. This at least is the conclusion of a landmark ...

Some species of starfish reproduce asexually by tearing apart their bodies, while others reproduce sexually only. This makes them particularly interesting animals to study. Both types of starfish ...

When it comes to some plants and simpler organisms (such as amoeba, starfish, and yeast), new life can emerge from a single parent through asexual reproduction. However, complex life forms like ...

Ongoing research is addressing this question to investigate if there is evidence of an evolutionarily ancient role of kisspeptins as regulators of sexual reproduction in starfish. However ...

Starfish are known for their adorable and symmetrical arms that seem to hug everything they touch. But it turns out that they may not be hugs after all – because starfish, researchers found, are ...

Our planet is teeming with invertebrates that, to our human eyes, may seem alien in the way they live and reproduce. Starfish are among the oldest living animals on our planet. They appeared in a ...