On an extended research visit to a friend’s lab in Tokyo, marine biologists Amy Johnson and Olaf Ellers witnessed something they’d never seen before. The starfish in Tatsuo Motokawa’s lab weren’t ...

You’ve undoubtedly experienced rare, life-changing moments where some discovery altered the way you perceive existence forever. Well guess what: Another one of those moments may occur right now, as ...

Storms this winter have left thousands of starfish lying stranded along the Welsh coast. Many starfish are still alive when they get washed ashore but many will die as they cannot survive being ...