Thanks to efforts led by ecologist Sarah Gravem, the sunflower starfish became the first-ever marine invertebrate listed as a critically endangered species on the IUCN Red List, back in 2020.

Researchers in Japan have discovered a new species of starfish. The discovery came about thanks to collaborative work among researchers, fishers, and aquarium and museum staff. The starfish, which ...

While some starfish species have recovered from the initial outbreak, the sunflower star has not. Its big, pillowy body is highly susceptible to whatever is causing the wasting syndrome.

An unassuming starfish species found around the world has a shocking amount of DNA hidden inside its cells. The brooding brittle star (Amphipholis squamata), which has a tiny disk-shaped body and ...

There are roughly 2,000 known species of starfish, and this new one was discovered in Japan by a team from the University of Tokyo, Enoshima Aquarium, Marine Science Museum, Fukushima Prefecture ...

Sunflower sea stars, huge starfish that until recently thrived in waters up and down the west coast of North America, are threatened with extinction and should be protected under the Endangered ...

This seems to have solved the mystery of how the starfish got its arms. But it doesn’t necessarily answer the ‘why’. Imran ...

Within a year of the starfish's removal, species diversity significantly decreased in the study area from fifteen to eight species (Figure 2). Figure 2: ...

However it is caused, it has had a significant impact on starfish populations in the USA. Since 2012, outbreaks of the disease on the country's Atlantic and Pacific coasts have affected at least 20 ...

"One of the consequences of climate change is that some starfish species are invading cooler waters where shellfish are cultivated for human consumption," Professor Elphick added.

We were trying to learn how certain animals lost their regeneration capacity during evolution and then put back the ...