Learn how starfish got their shape after a complicated evolutionary process, starting with an ancestor that lived 500 million ...

Starfish are known for their adorable and symmetrical arms that seem to hug everything they touch. But it turns out that they may not be hugs after all – because starfish, researchers found, are ...

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 ...

But starfish—as well as sand dollars and sea anemones—have radial symmetry, with identical segments of their body radiating out from a central point. In particular, starfish, ...

This seems to have solved the mystery of how the starfish got its arms. But it doesn’t necessarily answer the ‘why’. Imran ...

Animalia How many arms do starfish have? If you said ‘five,’ you’re wrong. New research in the journal Nature helps unlock a mystery on why sea stars have their star shape.

Starfish–or sea stars–will cut off one or more of their arms and grow back the limbs lost to autotomy over time. ... In humans, it causes the gallbladder to contract. For starfish, ...

New genetic research suggests that sea stars are largely heads with no torsos or tails. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Starfish, crown of thorns, and sea stars are bottom dwellers that live in the subtropics and tropics; human injury occurs from the spine and the venom injected from the spine.

WESTERN WASHINGTON, Wash. — Sea critters normally hiding under the sea will be uncovered this week, thanks to low tide. Beachgoers in western Washington will get a special viewing opportunity ...