More information: Sicheng Chen et al, Starfish-Inspired Wearable Bioelectronic Systems for Physiological Signal Monitoring During Motion and Real-Time Heart Disease Diagnosis, Science Advances (2025).

Scientists have created a starfish-shaped wearable device that tracks heart health in real time. Developed by researchers at the University of Missouri, the device has multiple points that touch ...

When these creatures burrow in the sand, they bring oxygen to other organisms that live there. If you find a starfish or a sand dollar at the beach, you can only take them home if it’s already dead.

While walking on the beach, you’ll probably run across a sea creature on the shore. Jellyfish, starfish, sand dollars and the occasional octopus wash up on South Carolina beaches all year round.

While walking on the beach, you’ll probably run across a sea creature on the shore. Jellyfish, starfish, sand dollars and the occasional octopus wash up on South Carolina beaches all year round.

Ecologist Alex Romer tugged his snorkel on and slipped into the stillness of Palm Beach County’s Lake Worth Lagoon, an estuary of mud and sand, turtles and tidal whims, manatee and mutton ...