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 ...

Starfish are some of the strangest creatures of the animal kingdom—so much so that scientists didn’t even know for sure if the animals had heads. A new study from the Stanford University and UC ...

Despite what it looks like, researchers found recently that starfish don’t have limbs that are hugging the surface they touch — the characteristic starfish is actually mostly “just a head.” What did ...

John Carpenter’s The Thing famously features an alien menace capable of mimicking any creature (human or otherwise) that it has ever encountered. The creature uses that ability to hide in plain sight ...

Four facts you may or may not have known about starfish. Courtney Fernandez Petty Starfish and other echinoderms are extremely important to the biodiversity of our ...

Where exactly is the head of a starfish? Zoologists, after being stumped for centuries, may finally have an answer. “It’s as if the sea star is completely missing a trunk, and is best described as ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Imagine you are drawing a starfish—where would you draw its face? Starfish have eyes at the tip of each of their arms, ...

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 ...

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Scientists trying to work out where a starfish’s head is have come to a startling conclusion: it is effectively the whole animal. As well as solving this longstanding mystery, the finding will help us ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...