Researchers hope to revive the population of sunflower sea stars in an effort to support kelp forests along the California ...

This is not a masked vigilante or part of the Dark Knight's arsenal, but it is a cool species of starfish. The bat sea star got its name because of the batwing-like webbing between its rays (arms).

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 ...

This story appears in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. The sea star—often called a starfish, though it's no more a fish than it is a sheepdog—ranks with the most ...

While earlier studies had shown that some starfish that live in shallower, brighter water have and use compound eyes, no one had previously looked at animals occupying the sea floor. “What you see in ...

It's oddly satisfying to watch that GIF of Patrick Star from the SpongeBob ... harmless appearance, starfish are carnivorous and hunt animals like molluscs. Unlike sea urchins, which chew food ...

"Tens of thousands" of stranded starfish have been washed up on the ... Mr Davies photographed thousands of the stranded sea creatures on Coppet Hall Beach in Pembrokeshire.