And because this is one of the lowest tides this August, the water has drawn back like a curtain to expose an ecosystem ...

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

A tiny molecule called bombesin links starfish and humans in appetite control, revealing a surprising evolutionary connection.

Starfish are a keystone species and had kept populations of sea urchins in check, which in turn allowed kelp forests to grow.

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 ...