A closer look at the sea stars around the Gulf of Maine reveals creatures far stranger and more fascinating than their simple ...

Researchers have revealed the evolutionary history of the crown-of-thorns starfish -- a predator of coral that can devastate coral reefs. Their findings shed light on how the populations of these ...

Scientists have discovered a new form of biological reproduction -- and created self-replicating living robots. Made from frog cells, these computer-designed organisms gather single cells inside a Pac ...

Minions & Monsters is out now, and the newest movie in the Despicable Me and Minions franchise redefines what can be done with the yellow, overall-wearing, gibberish-speaking troublemakers. Early in ...

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Jonathan Allen has good news for Australians regarding the crown-of-thorns sea star. The bad news is that the fecund and voracious destroyer of Indo-Pacific coral reefs has a previously unknown method ...

Knights of science have long chased a biologic holy grail: transforming a soup of raw chemicals into self-sustaining life. Now, a team led by synthetic biologist Kate Adamala, of the University of ...

Scientists claim that for the first time in history, they have constructed a synthetic cell that feeds, grows, and replicates — just like a natural one — out of non-living chemical components. The ...

Witness scientist Bob Paine’s breakthrough discovery of keystone species, through his ingenious experiment with tidepool starfish. Learn how scientists reintroduced wild dogs to keep overgrazing ...

Like crabs, starfish are rockpool royalty – they’re the creatures families most want to find when they explore the coast on ...