While earlier studies had shown that some starfish that live in shallower, brighter water have and use compound eyes, no one had previously looked at animals occupying the sea floor. “What you see in ...

They should not be found out of the water on a sandy beach. It is likely that this individual got stuck on the beach by accident. Their sucker system is not that strong, and they can get washed away ...

A new study shows that exposure to pesticides and microplastics could set back the recovery of sunflower sea stars.

Sea stars also can reproduce asexually through regeneration, which is what happens when the animals lose an arm. Starfish eat a wide variety of plant and animal life. What they eat can depend on ...

But there is life here. Like that seaweed ... it leaves rock pools which become microhabitats for crabs, starfish, sea anemones and fish. Coastal habitats can also have beaches, salt marshes ...

The severed, writhing body part distracts the attacker, allowing the starfish to glide away. Over time, the starfish can even regenerate the lost limb, returning to their usual life after a brush with ...

Yeti crabs, shrimp, sea worms and starfish. And that’s just to name ... After discovering what may be a new form of life, scientists need to describe it to add it to the record of life on ...

Factors cited in the report include an outbreak of the coral-devouring starfish, rising sea temperatures, runoff of red soil from development projects on land, and discharge of insufficiently ...