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Science Guide & Tutor, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge A chance discovery of a beautifully preserved fossil in the desert landscape of Morocco has solved one of the great mysteries of ...

For many creatures, having a limb caught in a predator’s mouth is usually a death sentence. Not starfish, though—they can detach the limb and leave the predator something to chew on while they crawl ...

At first glance, starfish seem to be all limbs, with five appendages lined with rows of tube feet giving them their signature shape. Marine scientists have long wondered how they evolved to have such ...

It took five years for Jay Gunderson to find a scientist willing to investigate the fossilized starfish — also called sea stars — that he discovered in crumbling rock along the base of the Pryor ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. If you go down to the shore today, you’re sure of a big surprise. Many will ...