Rather than chilling together under the sea, Mah suspects a different reason for the creatures' closeness: Sea stars like to feed on sponges. "In all likelihood, the reason that starfish is right ...

The Northern Pacific sea star (Asterias amurensis), also known as the Japanese common starfish, is native to ... enabling it to thrive even under ice-covered seas. Vladivostok experiences harsh ...

Sunflower sea stars ... huge starfish that until recently thrived in waters up and down the west coast of North America, are threatened with extinction and should be protected under the Endangered ...

under the Endangered Species Act. 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 ...

At first glance, starfish ... background. To locate the parts of the starfish body where head-coding genes are active, the researchers compared the genetic markers in a small Patiria miniata sea ...

A new study that combines genetic and molecular techniques helps solve the riddle of sea star ... axis hidden under all this weird anatomy and what is its role in a starfish forming a pentaradial ...

A dying sunflower sea star sits on the seafloor. (Ed Gullekson Photo via Science) Warming oceans and an infectious wasting disease have combined to devastate what was once an abundant type of sea ...