Scientists are always baffled when odd animals show up in unlikely places, especially without a logical explanation. That is ...

The order Brisingida comprises 70 or so deep sea-dwelling starfish species ... minute pincers—present like pretty white, pink, or purple beads, but really, they help protect the animal from ...

According to an image taken by a marine biologist doing remote deep-sea exploration this ... came across a bright yellow sea sponge and pink starfish next to each other on the ocean floor that ...

Using a laminated card, she gently pried a red-speckled sea star ... 3-million-gallon deep-sea exhibit building that once housed Keiko, the orca from “Free Willy.” In the starfish tank were ...

Six-rayed sea stars make great moms ... the youngsters venture out on their own to ruthlessly hunt down their tiny prey. Deep Look is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available ...

Scientists discovered a new deep-sea species while exploring off the ... and one was found off the coast of Western Australia. The starfish have a flat, star-shaped body with five elongated ...

In the deep ocean of the Gulf of Alaska, a pink creature ooches along the bottom of the sea. Gerda via Unsplash On the deep seafloor off the coast of western Canada, a spot of pink sticks out from ...

There's nothing quite like exploring an unfamiliar terrain and discovering something entirely new. It's a feeling Guadalupe Bribiesca-Contreras of the U.K.'s Natural History Museum knows well.

There is currently no commercial deep-sea mining happening ... soft corals and sea anemones and the muddy abyssal plains are home to sea cucumbers, starfish, anemones, crustaceans, worms and ...

Among the additions are some new fish species, including the Pretty Pink Starfish. It is one of the rarest fish in the game and can be quite challenging to catch.

That is exactly what’s occurring on Florida’s Space Coast, where the shore is suddenly lined with dozens of other-worldy sea stars. The nine-armed marine creatures are not often seen in the area.