UK biologists traced the evolution of this neurohormone known as bombesin beyond mammals. Search led them to bombesin-like ...

"The implications of our study go beyond the sunflower sea star." New study reveals hidden dangers threatening mega-starfish ...

Scientists at China's Beihang University developed a tiny morphable robot to explore the ocean's depths — and it's now taken ...

A tiny molecule called bombesin links starfish and humans in appetite control, revealing a surprising evolutionary connection.

A giant starfish, known as a gray sea star, was spotted recently crawling around a Port Aransas beach and viewer Christine ...

Biologists have discovered that bombesin, a neurohormone controlling appetite in humans, also regulates feeding in starfish, ...

While we know crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) outbreaks can decimate ... population outbreaks of the notorious crown-of-thorns sea star, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025).

Deep in the underwater world, animals like starfish use unusual ways to escape predators. In an act called autotomy, starfish shed one or more of their limbs to flee their hunters. The severed, ...

A culture trail planned for Hornsea featuring starfish sculptures is hoping to attract more people to the seaside town. The Hornsea Collective is looking at launching a project similar to the ...

Scientists discovered that crabs eat young crown-of-thorns starfish, reducing their population before they damage coral reefs ...

By analysing the genomes of invertebrate animals, they discovered genes encoding bombesin-like neurohormones in the common starfish (Asterias rubens) and other echinoderms, such as sea urchins and ...