A new study that combines genetic and molecular techniques helps solve the riddle of sea star (commonly called starfish) body plans, and how sea stars start life with bilateral body symmetry -- just ...

The next time you go wild swimming, whether in a lake, river or sea, you are probably sharing the water with one of your ...

The bodies of starfish and other echinoderms are more like heads, according to new research involving the University of Southampton. The research, published today [1 November] in Nature, helps to ...

SOUTHAMPTON, UK — 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, ...

Starfish are some of the strangest creatures of the animal kingdom—so much so that scientists didn’t even know for sure if the animals had heads. A new study from the Stanford University and UC ...

Sometimes, nature surprises us with something so rare that it immediately catches our eye. One of those rare sights is the ...