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

The star, Pycnopodia helianthoides, reaches one metre in diameter and has as many as 24 arms. But it disintegrates in a few ...

Authorities are investigating whether a mass wash-up of dead cockles at a popular holiday destination south of Adelaide is ...

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

In fact, you'll need to grab your goggles and look down because the El Cielo starfish sanctuary sparkles under the sea. Located on the southern coast of Cozumel, an island near the Yucatan ...

Alyssa Gehman vividly recalls seeing starfish for the first time while on a kayaking trip in British Columbia's Desolation ...

Crunching along the rocky beach Tuesday, Easton pointed out a host of brightly colored starfish, squishy anemones ... at Harbor WildWatch, points to sea life during a tour at low tide at the ...

While we know crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) outbreaks can decimate ... population outbreaks of the notorious crown-of-thorns sea star, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025).

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.

When we move, it's harder for existing wearable devices to accurately track our heart activity. But researchers found that a starfish's five-arm shape helps solve this problem. Inspired by how a ...