There are some 2,000 starfish species around the world—some found along shorelines and others existing only in deep-sea environments. Here are 20 bizarre and beautiful species of sea star. 1 ...

Starfish - or sea stars - have been on earth far longer than humans; 474 million years longer, to be exact. But even though the earliest traces of starfish stretch all the way back to the ...

Dr. Mah also describes a new genus of starfish and 10 additional new species. Starfish are invertebrates of the class Asteroidea, so they’re also known as asteroids (yes, another cosmic name).

Starfish, or sea stars, are brilliant and resilient ocean creatures. These bottom-dwelling echinoderms have a central disc body covered in tough calcium carbonate skin that helps provide support and ...

About 900 miles off the coast of Chile, scientists have discovered an underwater mountain home to "pristine ecosystems" they believe host at least 20 previously unknown species. The team mapped a ...

A photo uploaded to popular citizen science social network iNaturalist is a snapshot of the first new genus and species of plant discovered in a US national park in almost 50 years. The wooly ...

Starfish, or sea stars, are fascinating marine creatures known for their remarkable regenerative abilities. While many sea stars can regrow lost limbs, there’s one species that stands out for ...

Officially, a "species" is the bottom of the taxonomic ranking system that starts with domain and works its way down through kingdom, phylum, class, order, family and, finally, genus and species.

The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app ...

Previous events were relegated to one or two species, but the virus is now infecting 20. (See a full list of affected species .) It's unusual for a single type of virus to infect so many species.

Rhododendron is the genus name, and the rhododendron genus contains around a thousand species. In the United States, rhododendrons are mostly used in landscaping.

Over the past 20+ years, Dr. Mah has described more than 150 species of starfish, making significant contributions to our understanding of starfish biodiversity,” Fau said.