Bringing back sunflower sea stars, which are functionally extinct in California, could help restore kelp forests off the ...

Celebrating 50 years of keeping families safe, Women in Distress is hosting their annual Starfish Gala. All proceeds directly benefit Women In Distress’ 24/7 crisis hotline, emergency shelter, ...

Among the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks, this high-seas patch of ocean covers an area the size of Switzerland. More than 200 miles from land ...

The team studied the motion of egg cells produced by starfish—an organism that scientists have long used as a classic model for understanding cell growth and development. The researchers focused ...

Starting out as a small store in the Malaga market 25 years ago, Starfish Lane has since grown into a wonderland of beautiful papers, sparkling embellishments and beautiful prints. While they once ...

Crown-of-thorns starfish numbers can spike quickly, damaging reefs from Australia to other parts of the Indo-Pacific. Previous explanations have focused on shifting ocean conditions or lack of ...

Sand dollars and starfish are relatives and play an important role in the beach ecosystem. When these creatures burrow in the sand, they bring oxygen to other organisms that live there.

The British sunk their claws into Hong Kong in stages. In 1842 they colonised Hong Kong island; 1860 saw the seizure of the Kowloon peninsula, and in 1898, the British took out a 99-year lease on ...

Involving more than 800 scientists from more than 400 institutions worldwide, Ocean Census has embarked on ten expeditions and numerous workshops—so far—with a sole aim: discovering new species in the ...

“If you’ve been to the ocean, or if you have experienced weather, you’ve been impacted by NOAA in some way,” said Tom Di Liberto, a climate scientist and former public affairs specialist ...

Seismic readings of the interior of Mars strongly suggest large quantities of water buried 6 to 12 miles underground. Persuasive new evidence supporting the possibility of liquid water deep ...