This marks Florida's first confirmed case of Sea Star Wasting Disease (SSWD), a devastating condition that has plagued ...

Starfish are beautiful organisms, but if you think about it a little deeper, they’re also really strange. As echinoderms, ...

Discover 20 starfish species that highlight the diversity of the Asteroidea order, from the chunky granulated sea star to the venomous crown-of-thorns.

NEWPORT, Ore. — In an old industrial warehouse, Tiffany Rudek leaned into a chest-high tank. Using a laminated card, she gently pried a red-speckled sea star from the enclosure’s bright blue ...

Over the past decade, the sunflower sea star has gone from a mighty predator of the Pacific Ocean floor to nearing extinction. The Nature Conservancy estimates that 5.75 billion sunflower sea ...

The Sunflower Star Laboratory is raising young sunflower sea stars at its facility on the shore of Monterey Bay. The starfish — which can span more than three feet as adults — are housed ...

Starfish, Crown of Thorns, and Sea Star Punctures Overview Starfish, crown of thorns, and sea stars live throughout the subtropics and tropics. They are bottom dwellers, so any contact with a ...

[Related: The sea star’s whole body is a head.] According to Elphick, when scientists collect starfish along the beach, they often find many organisms that have clearly lost an arm or two at ...

SpongeBob SquarePants and his starfish best friend, Patrick Star, aren’t such cartoonish creatures after all. According to an image taken by a marine biologist doing remote deep-sea exploration ...