As mist lingers over a Swedish fjord lined with towering, forested cliffs, a group of scientists collect mud from the bottom of the turquoise-colored waters. They’re after brittle stars—marine animals ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Scientists were observing a field of brittle sea stars off Jarvis Island when they saw something they never expected: One of the brittle stars snatched a squid ...

(CN) — Paleontologists in Luxembourg recently identified a new species of brittle star — a sea-dwelling echinoderm similar in appearance to the starfish — that thrived during the Cretaceous period.