John Carpenter’s The Thing famously features an alien menace capable of mimicking any creature (human or otherwise) that it has ever encountered. The creature uses that ability to hide in plain sight ...

Ochre sea stars, an iconic species once common along the Oregon Coast, are making a recovery after years of decline due to a mysterious wasting disease. That’s according to a study published earlier ...

When it comes to raising and propagating young, different creatures have different approaches. Mammals typically have a small litter of offspring that they raise to varying degrees before setting them ...

A new study that combines genetic and molecular techniques helps solve the riddle of sea star (commonly called starfish) body plans, and how sea stars start life with bilateral body symmetry -- just ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of sea star (also known as starfish). The discovery came about thanks to collaborative work among researchers, fishers, and aquarium and museum staff. The ...

PORT ARANSAS, Texas — Beachgoers spotted something new crawling on another Texas beach recently. Christine shared a video with KHOU 11 of a 'starfish' crawling along the coast in Port Aransas. The ...

Starfish are some of the strangest creatures of the animal kingdom—so much so that scientists didn’t even know for sure if the animals had heads. A new study from the Stanford University and UC ...

A starfish that washed up on a Texas shore has social media amazed, but wildlife experts say the creature isn’t too rare. Christina Biery shared photos and video to Facebook on Wednesday, July 12, of ...

A starfish photographed at a Texas beach has social media users in awe at its size. Christina Biery, who lives in Aransas Pass, about 20 miles northeast of Corpus Christi, took a stroll near a jetty ...

Briggs Holtry, 9-years-old of Surfside Beach, picks up starfish to return to the water on Monday. Thousands of small starfish washed ashore during low tide on Garden City Beach, S.C. in 2020. If you ...