A tiny molecule called bombesin links starfish and humans in appetite control, revealing a surprising evolutionary connection.

Comb jellies might have evolved to eat their young when prey runs out, but some experts are skeptical of the strategy Theresa Machemer The specimen may be the earliest known example of a squid ...

Covered with long, venomous spikes, the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) is a voracious feeder that can eat living corals ... Many sea sponges, like anemones, use toxins to repel ...

Scientists discovered that crabs eat young crown-of-thorns starfish, reducing their population before they damage coral reefs ...

The paper, published in scientific journal PNAS this week, is one of the first to consider what animals eat the notorious starfish in their juvenile stages. Study co-author Sven Uthicke said the ...

Crown-of-thorns starfish populations are again flourishing along the Great Barrier Reef. Symon Dworjanyn is a professor of marine ecology at Southern Cross university. "Crown-of-thorns starfish ...