On an extended research visit to a friend’s lab in Tokyo, marine biologists Amy Johnson and Olaf Ellers witnessed something they’d never seen before. The starfish in Tatsuo Motokawa’s lab weren’t ...

There are a lot of things you take for granted when you have a head. One of those is the direction that you walk in. But what if you had no head? Surprisingly, no scientist had ever thought to ...

Stars twinkle overhead, but under the sea, stars huddle together. Sea stars, that is! Sea stars (Asteroidea), commonly known as starfish, are invertebrates called echinoderms — creatures with hard, ...

A group of NSW high school students were snorkelling as part of a marine science class when they spotted something that sparked their curiosity. High school students have discovered a tropical sea ...

A typical starfish has five-sided symmetry. With no clear head, the starfish can move in any direction, led by any one of its five arms. If you were feeling particularly cruel, you could fold one up ...

Robots are used for all sorts of different tasks including exploring areas where it is too hazardous for humans to venture due to war or disaster. The problem with many of the robot designs is that ...

For the Lyme Bay Marine Protected Area research Emma Sheehan receives funding from DEFRA, Natural England, European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, INTERREG France (Channel) England European Regional ...

A close-up photo of the common sunstar (Crossaster papposus), a starfish found in the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Photo: © Alexander Semenov Invertebrates ...

Starfish Education commemorates its 20th anniversary of advancing Thai education through the event '20 Years of Starfish Education,' held on July 15, 2025 at Starfish Hub, Bangkok, and on July 17, ...

The Story of How the Starfish Got its Arms Reminds us that Animals have Deep Histories. The story of how the starfish got its arms reminds us that even animals that might be familiar to us today can ...

Some killer robots are a good thing. While our planet experiences what many scientists are referring to as the 6th Mass Extinction, certain species are actually doing too well. As climates change and ...