Tortoise Tortoises are land reptiles with heavy shells and slow, deliberate movements. Designed for endurance and protection, ...

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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.

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, ...

The disease isn’t just a disaster for sea stars. The crash of starfish populations is poised to make climate change even worse for other creatures on Earth by upending ecosystems that are home ...

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

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.

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, ...

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 ...

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.

A rare, giant starfish could hold the key to restoring kelp forests on the California coast A sunflower sea star, which is considered functionally extinct in California, Oregon and coastal Washington.