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 ...

An artist’s conception shows Starfish Space’s Otter Pup satellite docking craft. (Starfish Space Illustration) Two and a half months after Starfish Space’s first orbital mission teetered on the edge ...

Artwork shows the Otter spacecraft in orbit near another satellite. (Starfish Space Illustration) Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space is bringing in more funding after announcing several agreements to ...

When studying underwater marine life, it helps if you can use a device that doesn't scare the animals by appearing unnatural to them. MIT scientists have created a robo-starfish with that in mind, ...

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 ...

Six of the first 18 sculptures by local artists are being put up in Hornsea.

Besides its underwater life, it is nothing like a fish: it can push its stomach out of its mouth and eat the inside of a clam The thing about starfish is that you tend to forget the -fish part. But ...

Bio-IT World's Innovative Practices Awards program, which has been running since 2003, recognizes partnerships and projects that advance bio-IT through strategies that can be shared and replicated ...

Plinthaster dentatus, the spongivorous 'cookie' or 'ravioli' star. The newly minted internet star is a starfish that looks like an Italian dinner dish. The “ravioli” starfish, also dubbed online a ...