Starfish, or sea stars, belong to a group called echinoderms, which also includes sea urchins and sand dollars. They’re famous for their five-pointed symmetry, but their real magic lies in their ...

You'd be surprised to learn how fast scallops can swim. Here's how scallops escape predators using jet propulsion.

A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that flamingos are dynamical predators. Using a combination of webbed feet, L-shaped beaks, and fast head movements, ...

Starfish, or sea stars, have long captivated scientists and divers with their unique appearance and mysterious nature. Recent studies have unveiled astonishing facts about these creatures, challenging ...

Despite the name, starfish are not fish since they do not have scales, gills, or fins. Instead, they are part of the Echinodermata phylum, related to sand dollars and sea urchins. They display radial ...

Scientists have proven people are attracted to symmetrical patterns, though symmetry alone cannot ... on the curled tentacles of the octopus and the horns of rams. Dolphins, starfish, sand dollars, ...

Decades of controlled experiments in material failure have shown that even when a perfectly symmetrical crack is created under tensile forces, it spontaneously loses symmetry as it propagates ...

In studying their data, the research pair found that the most important factors determining leaf drifting were symmetry and lobedness. The more symmetrical a leaf, the faster its descent ...

Pet Symmetry have had a big rollout for new album Big Symmetry.Dating all the way back to the autumn of 2023, they have released four big singles from the LP — “Big Island,” “Big Steve ...

Finally, I found the latest Otterbox Symmetry. This minimalist clear case is nothing like the bulky, Realtree-printed Otterboxes of yore. It was simply a tight-fitting, elegant-looking case ...