While earlier studies had shown that some starfish that live in shallower, brighter water have and use compound eyes, no one had previously looked at animals occupying the sea floor. “What you see in ...

A giant starfish, known as a gray sea star, was spotted recently crawling around a Port Aransas beach and viewer Christine ...

Small, hidden crabs may be the missing link influencing coral-eating starfish populations ... outbreaks of the notorious crown-of-thorns sea star, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...

Smaller animals Unlike larger animals, smaller species like jellyfish, starfish ... no reason not to return the animal to the ocean. “If you see a sea star or a seahorse or something like ...

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.

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 ...