Four facts you may or may not have known about starfish. Courtney Fernandez Petty Starfish and other echinoderms are extremely important to the biodiversity of our ...

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 ...

Despite what it looks like, researchers found recently that starfish don’t have limbs that are hugging the surface they touch — the characteristic starfish is actually mostly “just a head.” What did ...

A square starfish may seem like a contradiction, but such creatures do exist. While it may sound unreal, these strangely shaped starfish are rare but do exist in the ocean. There are a few reasons why ...

When my grandson Parker was 12 years old, he sent me a one-sentence email with a photo of him on a beach: “Do you know why they are behaving like this?” Turns out not to have been a picture showing ...

Starfish – also called sea stars, are a popular addition to saltwater tanks. They are eye-catching creatures and benefit home aquariums in many ways. Not only are they fascinating to watch, but some ...

Starfish… Go to google and look for images of starfish sometime. When I did, I was astounded and enchanted. I wished I majored in marine biology or at least grown ...