One of the most intriguing organisms in the ocean is undoubtedly the starfish. Also referred to as sea stars, these organisms range in staggering numbers of around 2,000 species, which vary greatly in ...

A team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources has found that starfish living in the dark on the ocean floor have eyes on their arms that are ...

Nice – A new initiative to monitor the health of the world’s oceans was unveiled Sunday at the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice. The Starfish barometer provides an annual snapshot of ocean ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An ocean expedition conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

A close-up photo of the common sunstar (Crossaster papposus), a starfish found in the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Photo: © Alexander Semenov Invertebrates ...

Look at a starfish in a tidal pool and you may think: Ah, there’s one of those pretty, multi-armed sea worms that crawl around and don’t do much. But look deeper and your views might change. Hundreds ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Giant, spiky starfish have been eating away at the Great Barrier Reef ...

It was the starfish arms walking off on their own that alerted biologist Steven Fradkin that something was terribly wrong at Starfish Point at Olympic National Park. Next he noticed white lesions ...