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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 ...

More than 50 years after Bob Paine’s experiment with starfish, hundreds of species have been pronounced “keystones” in their ecosystems Lesley Evans Ogden, Quanta Magazine In the late 1960s, Bob Paine ...

A new theory explains how juvenile crown-of-thorns sea stars (commonly known as starfish) can destabilize coral reefs. The 'degraded reef framework' explains how the loss of live coral, which crown-of ...

The island of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands is experiencing an outbreak of crown-of-thorns-starfish (taramea, Acanthaster planci), which could jeopardize the survival of its surrounding coral reef.

Scientists have determined the cause of an epidemic that has devastated a species of starfish, wiping out billions over the last decade, and a Bay Area team is at the forefront of an effort to restore ...

A huge offering of over 160 starfish was made to an Aztec war god over 500 years ago, archeological findings in Mexico show. Archeologists were excavating the Templo Mayor in Mexico City at the end of ...