Starfish, also known as sea stars, are equipped with an almost alien-like anatomy. Despite lacking a brain, blood, and ...

Starfish move without a brain by using tiny feet that react locally to pressure and weight during crawling across surfaces.

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 ...

One of the most intriguing organisms in the ocean is undoubtedly the starfish. Also referred to as sea stars, these organisms ...

The heads of most animals are easily identifiable, but scientists haven’t been able to say the same for sea stars until now. A starfish has five identical arms with a layer of “tube feet” beneath them ...

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 ...

For centuries, scientists have wondered: Where is the head of a starfish? Researchers mapped starfish genes to solve the mystery, and it wasn't what they expected. Turns out, starfish genes suggest it ...

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 ...

Patrick Star of SpongeBob SquarePants fame had already stretched the boundaries of anatomical correctness, yet it turns out that what all of us think about the bodily composition of a sea star is most ...