Scientists have discovered that bombesin, a hunger-regulating hormone found in humans, dates back over 500 million years and ...

Dr. Weiling Huang, a former PhD student in the Elphick lab and lead author of the study, investigated how ArBN affects starfish feeding behaviour. Starfish have a unique way of eating: they evert ...

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

Researchers have found crabs are key predators of juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish and could be a hidden link to what ...

Although he was initially surprised that this neuropeptide promoted autotomy, Elphick noted that, in retrospect, it is logical for a molecule that stops feeding to also stimulate arm shedding, since ...

Small, hidden crabs may be the missing link influencing coral-eating starfish populations ... not only are they removed before they can start feeding on coral, but they can be removed in large ...