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

The Northern Pacific sea star (Asterias amurensis), also known as the Japanese common starfish, is native to the northern Pacific and well-adapted to cold environments. Its ecological flexibility ...

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, ...

By analysing the genomes of invertebrate animals, they discovered genes encoding bombesin-like neurohormones in the common starfish (Asterias rubens) and other echinoderms, such as sea urchins and ...

Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered a way to control the movements of starfish cells using light. Cells can move and jiggle in response to certain proteins ...

A culture trail planned for Hornsea featuring starfish sculptures is hoping to attract more people to the seaside town. The Hornsea Collective is looking at launching a project similar to the ...