It feeds on sponges and small invertebrates and can ... It's not without effort, of course—it can take upward of six hours for the starfish to eat a single mussel. These knobby, puffy stars ...

From starfish and sea slugs to jellyfish and sponges, the ocean's invertebrates are some of the most ancient and diverse critters on Earth. And so are their superpowers, as marine biologist Drew ...

Christopher Mah, a team member on NOAA’s ship Okeanos Explorer, came across a bright yellow sea sponge and pink starfish next to each other on the ocean floor that reminded him of the ...

Jellyfish, sea sponges, starfish, sea cucumbers, and coral demonstrate survival without a central brain. Jellyfish use nerve nets to hunt, while sponges filter nutrients. Starfish possess radial ...

Lundsten and colleagues discovered four meat-eating sponges with ... living among a community of corals, sponges and echinoderms (a family that includes starfish and sand dollars).

One of those is whether starfish eat through hidden mouths, a claim made by some online. The starfish is a fascinating creature. Its basic functions, such as eating or moving, are unlike any other ...