Smithsonian Magazine on MSN

These hungry starfish are spiraling out of control in Australia. Now scientists say they have a new plan to fight back

For decades, crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) have been rampaging out of control. These pizza-size sea stars are native to the ...
ScienceAlert on MSN

Starfish control hundreds of feet without a brain. Here's how.

Starfish (aka sea stars) are master climbers. These many-armed invertebrates traverse vertical, horizontal, and even ...
Earth.com

How starfish coordinate hundreds of tube feet without a brain

Starfish move without a brain by using tiny feet that react locally to pressure and weight during crawling across surfaces.
Times-Standard

Scientists solve mystery of what’s killing billions of starfish off California and the West Coast

For years, it has been one of the biggest mysteries in marine biology: What is killing the starfish? Since 2013, billions of sea stars, an elegant ocean species commonly known as starfish that are a ...
insider.si.edu

Starfish : biology and ecology of the Asteroidea / edited by John M. Lawrence

Part 1: Comparative biology and ecology. Phylogeny of the asteroidea / Andrew S. Gale ; The asteroid arm / John M. Lawrence ; Functional biology of asteroid tube feet / Elise Hennebert, Michel Jangoux ...
Marin Independent Journal

Scientists solve West Coast starfish die-off mystery

For years, it has been one of the biggest mysteries in marine biology: What is killing the starfish? Since 2013, billions of sea stars, an elegant ocean species commonly known as starfish that are a ...