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A tiny molecule called bombesin links starfish and humans in appetite control, revealing a surprising evolutionary connection.

A team of biologists at Queen Mary University of London has discovered that a neurohormone controlling appetite in humans has ...

A team of biologists at Queen Mary University of London has discovered that a neurohormone controlling appetite in humans has an ancient evolutionary origin, dating back over half a billion years.

Scientists have discovered that bombesin, a hunger-regulating hormone found in humans, dates back over 500 million years and ...

Scientists discovered that crabs eat young crown-of-thorns starfish, reducing their population before they damage coral reefs ...

Small, hidden crabs may be the missing link influencing coral-eating starfish populations, according to a study published in the prestigious ...

The paper, published in scientific journal PNAS this week, is one of the first to consider what animals eat the notorious starfish in their juvenile stages. Study co-author Sven Uthicke said the ...

Crown-of-thorns starfish populations are again flourishing along the Great Barrier Reef. Symon Dworjanyn is a professor of marine ecology at Southern Cross university. "Crown-of-thorns starfish ...

Small, hidden crabs may be the missing link influencing coral-eating starfish populations, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. While we know ...