For many creatures, having a limb caught in a predator’s mouth is usually a death sentence. Not starfish, though—they can detach the limb and leave the predator something to chew on while they crawl ...

Biologists have discovered that bombesin, a neurohormone controlling appetite in humans, also regulates feeding in starfish, revealing its ancient evolutionary origin dating back over 500 million ...

Credit must be given to the creator. Adaptations must be shared under the same terms. A school of stripey snapper, Lutjanus carpotonatus, on the Great Barrier Reef An aggregation of crown-of-thorns ...

They're also super-spawners: millions of eggs are produced each season.Our Reef is experiencing its fourth major COTS ...

This sped-up video (60x speed) shows the fascinating effect of ArBN on the common starfish (Asterias rubens). While ArBN doesn’t cause complete stomach retraction - it’s about 50% after 6 minutes. A ...