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

Researchers Trace Evolutionary Trajectory of Starfish's Unique Symmetry Through a 500 Million-Year-Old Fossil The star shape ...

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 ...

African red knob sea star (starfish) on the sand on a coral reef at low tide. African red knob sea star (starfish) on coral reef at low tide. Photo: TorriPhoto/Getty Images . Advertisement.

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 ...

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

Together, the data created a 3D map to determine where genes were expressed as sea stars developed and grew. The team was able to determine the genes that control the development of the starfish ...

A key starfish is now under threat of extinction, the government says. The federal government said Wednesday that the sunflower sea star needs protection under the Endangered Species Act ...

As it turns out, the multi-pronged marine life is actually a granulated sea star (Choriaster granulatus), also known as the doughboy starfish due to its bulbous convex arms.. Generally found in ...

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 ...

A starfish has five identical arms with a layer of “tube feet” beneath them that can help the marine creature move along the seafloor, causing naturalists to puzzle over whether sea stars have ...