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 ...

Sea stars also can reproduce asexually through regeneration, which is what happens when the animals lose an arm. Starfish eat a wide variety of plant and animal life. What they eat can depend on ...

"Tens of thousands" of stranded starfish have been washed up on the ... A beach in Scotland saw a similar stranding of sea life last November following bad weather from Storm Arwen.

The starfish were seen between Margate Winter ... "We understand the concern from members of the public when sea life is discovered on the district's beaches," they said. "We report all dead ...

Factors cited in the report include an outbreak of the coral-devouring starfish, rising sea temperatures, runoff of red soil from development projects on land, and discharge of insufficiently ...

Researchers hope to revive the population of sunflower sea stars in an effort to support kelp forests along the California ...