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

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

By helmutvogler The findings, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, reveal that this ...

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

To build upon their initial observation, the researchers injected the neuropeptide at the base of an arm in more than 30 starfish. They found that five of the animals shed their limbs. In contrast, ...

worms and starfish," Dr. Lester said. "But when sharks are removed by fishing, they are able to safely venture up into the water column and mostly feed on pelagic prey, like small fish and squid.

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 for ...

After spawning, the crown-of-thorns larvae float in the water column. They are about 1 ... crab species would eat juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish in aquariums, scientists went out on the reef ...