Most starfish are broadcast spawners but these tiny dwarf cushion stars are different! They lay eggs on the undersides of ...

KELLER, Texas — Despite reading stories about creepy critters and creatures, the first graders at Freedom Elementary in Keller knew monsters weren’t real. Or so they thought. “I felt surprised,” said ...

People have hailed the health benefits of green tea for centuries. Studies suggest that consuming green tea may positively affect skin health, help with weight loss, and reduce the risk of ...

Green chemistry involves the development of chemical products and processes that minimize the use and generation of hazardous and unwanted substances. Nanocrystals are increasingly used in high ...

Scientists used light to control how a starfish egg cell jiggles and moves during its earliest stage of development. Their optical system could guide the design of synthetic, light-activated cells ...

The team studied the motion of egg cells produced by starfish—an organism that scientists have long used as a classic model for understanding cell growth and development. The researchers focused ...

Biologists have discovered that bombesin, a neurohormone controlling appetite in humans, also regulates feeding in starfish, revealing its ancient evolutionary origin dating back over 500 million ...

By analyzing the genomes of invertebrate animals, they discovered genes encoding bombesin-like neurohormones in the common starfish (Asterias rubens) and other echinoderms, such as sea urchins and ...

A culture trail planned for Hornsea featuring starfish sculptures is hoping to attract more people to the seaside town. The Hornsea Collective is looking at launching a project similar to the ...

Small crabs could be the invisible force controlling crown-of-thorns starfish, according to a new study from multiple Australian research institutes. The paper, published in scientific journal ...

Deep in the underwater world, animals like starfish use unusual ways to escape predators. In an act called autotomy, starfish shed one or more of their limbs to flee their hunters. The severed, ...