For the last decade, California's offshore seafloors have been missing a massive, colorful predator that keeps kelp-munching sea urchins in check. The sunflower sea star is a big starfish—more ...

"I'm very hopeful." 'Living ark' in California lab could save an endangered species: 'There's a lot of promise' first ...

When I (Nathan Brooks English) was six years old, I snuck a starfish home from the beach and hid it in my closet. I regret ...

It's oddly satisfying to watch that GIF of Patrick Star from the SpongeBob SquarePants cartoon inhaling a table full of ...

Factors cited in the report include an outbreak of the coral-devouring starfish, rising sea temperatures, runoff of red soil from development projects on land, and discharge of insufficiently ...

Thousands of small starfish washed ashore during low tide on Garden City Beach, S.C. in 2020. If you spend enough time on South Carolina beaches, you might encounter a sea creature stuck on the shore.

The sunflower sea star is a big starfish — more than 3 feet across — that roams the ocean floor in orange, yellow and purple. These invertebrates can grow as many as 24 arms, and they’re ...