You know the story. On a shoreline full of beached starfish, a young boy heaves a few back into the ocean. Someone comes along and asks why he bothers. Too many starfish, for such a weak effort to ...

Editor's note: This is the third in a series of stories with an introduction from Nancy Jernigan at the United Way highlighting volunteers and agencies who are active in or funded by the United Way of ...

For centuries, scientists have wondered: Where is the head of a starfish? Researchers mapped starfish genes to solve the mystery, and it wasn't what they expected. Turns out, starfish genes suggest it ...

Sometimes, especially when you run a small business and it feels like you don’t wear just many hats but every single (gosh darn) hat, it can feel like doing small things is but a drop in a very large ...

Starfish are known for their adorable and symmetrical arms that seem to hug everything they touch. But it turns out that they may not be hugs after all – because starfish, researchers found, are ...

The bodies of starfish and other echinoderms are more like heads, according to new research involving the University of Southampton. The research, published today [1 November] in Nature, helps to ...