Making a short list of popular starfish is challenging because there are so many species to choose from — over 2,000 different species, to be precise. Here are just a few species that should ...

Starfish are fascinating and contradictory creatures – they may look a bit like stars but they are certainly not fish. As you ...

Small, hidden crabs may be the missing link influencing coral-eating starfish populations, according to a study published in ...

Small, hidden crabs may be the missing link influencing coral-eating starfish populations, according to a study published in ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers have found 866 previously unknown marine species.According to CNN, as part of ...

The starfish, a keystone species native to the Northwest, have been decimated by a mysterious wasting disease over the past decade. As they died off, purple sea urchins – staples of starfish ...

Overfishing of sharks is linked to coral reef destruction. Without sharks, smaller fish stop eating coral-eating starfish.

Many animals like lizards, octopuses, crabs, and starfish can drop their body parts to escape from predators. 3 According to Elphick, autotomy is so common in some species that his team regularly ...

Building on previous research which looked at what crab species would eat juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish in aquariums, scientists went out on the reef and surveyed the crabs and CoTS present.

A new study suggests that the removal of predatory fish such as sharks from coral reefs may be a key factor driving outbreaks ...