Bringing back sunflower sea stars, which are functionally extinct in California, could help restore kelp forests off the ...

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

“There’s been a lot of work over the years on vision in a variety of fish from shallow water to the deep sea ... While earlier studies had shown that some starfish that live in shallower, brighter ...

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 ...

According to an expert, the hunting of crown-of-thorns starfish has helped restore some of the coral reef that had been devastated by environmental changes. Takashi Nakamura, an associate ...

Deep in the underwater world, animals like starfish use unusual ways to escape predators. In an act called autotomy, starfish shed one or more of their limbs to flee their hunters. The severed, ...

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 ...