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 ...

Thousands of dead starfish washed up on a beach in Kent ... “Members of the public are advised not to attempt to move any stranded sea life and to keep dogs and children away from them, as ...

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 ...

Researchers hope to revive the population of sunflower sea stars in an effort to support kelp forests along the California ...

"Tens of thousands" of stranded starfish have been washed up on the ... A beach in Scotland saw a similar stranding of sea life last November following bad weather from Storm Arwen.

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 ...