There’s a glow emanating from the windows of Georgia Institute of Technology’s Hinman Research Building, and it’s cast by a ...

Scallops are a staple in any seafood diet. While we often see them on the table as food, their life in the water isn’t widely ...

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 ...

Starfish offer a uniquely useful model for studying cell growth and shape. These creatures begin life as symmetrical cells but develop complex symmetry patterns as they mature—from bilateral ...

and the processes that govern how cells follow or break symmetry as they grow and divide. The five-limbed starfish, she says, is an ideal organism for exploring such questions of growth, symmetry, and ...

and the processes that govern how cells follow or break symmetry as they grow and divide. The five-limbed starfish, she says, is an ideal organism for exploring such questions of growth ...

It describes their unique body structures, including radial symmetry and spiny skin, and explains their locomotion through a water vascular system. The film highlights their feeding habits ...

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed designs for the Centre of Mediterranean Culture, which is currently under construction on its coastal site in Reggio Calabria, Italy. Informed by its ...

Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space has won a three-year, $15 million contract from NASA for a mission aimed at doing up-close inspections of defunct satellites in orbit. Such inspections ...

Starfish can shed their arms to survive. How do they manage this feat? Scientists from Queen Mary University of London have identified a neurohormone that triggers this phenomenon. This discovery ...

That includes animals with pentaradial - or five-fold - symmetry like starfish and sea urchins. And that body shape poses some intriguing questions... like “where’s a starfish’s head?” ...