There are some 2,000 starfish species around the world—some found along shorelines and others existing only in deep-sea environments. Here are 20 bizarre and beautiful species of sea star. 1.

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 ...

A mysterious pathogen is wiping out starfish along the Pacific coast, a potential catastrophe that has flummoxed marine biologists who are joining forces to find the culprit. The uncontested star ...

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.

Starfish may seem fairly unimportant, but they're actually a keystone species in many marine environments. Most live near the shore, but some inhabit the bottom of deep seas.

If you were to look at this little, funky starfish, there's a chance the well-armed sea creature would look back at you (though it may see a blurry version of you) — with its up to 50 eyes ...

In the wild, the average lifespan across all species of starfish is 35 years. Due to threats like climate change and sea star wasting disease, many starfish won't reach those upper limits of their ...

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 ...

One starfish species doesn't seem to want to grow up. Scientists have discovered a disc-shaped animal in the deep Pacific Ocean whose body plan is stuck in the juvenile phase of the life cycle.

Starfish are dissolving up and down the West Coast, and scientists finally think they know why. ... The species’ population peaked in the fall of 2008, when researchers found 393.