Reprinted from Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 43/3 1992. "Papers from a symposium on Reproduction, Recruitment and Hydrodynamics in the Crown-of-thorns Phenomenon, held on 22-23 ...

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Starfish embryos can organise themselves into large, oscillating crystals at the surface of water. These structures, which had never been seen before, may form because of the embryos’ swimming style ...

Starfish reproduce by splitting in two. A new fossil reveals how ancient this ability is. The waters of the St. Lawrence are running out of breath and bottom-dwelling organisms are already feeling the ...

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 ...

A 500-million-year-old fossil from Morocco, discovered by Natural History Museum scientists, is offering extraordinary new insights into one of evolution's most puzzling transformations: how ...

Animals that reproduce asexually by somatic cloning have special mechanisms that delay ageing provide exceptionally good health. Scientists at the University of Gothenburg have shown how ...