Starfish, or sea stars ... marine worms and other invertebrates," she says. "Some species are suspension feeders that capture plankton and organic material from the water." Sea stars use hundreds ...

Thanks to efforts led by ecologist Sarah Gravem, the sunflower starfish became the first-ever marine invertebrate listed as a ...

Some residents speculated that the marine invertebrates may have ended up on the beach as a result of Storm Eleanor. In April, thousands of starfish were spotted washed up on a beach in the Highlands.

The sunflower sea star is a big starfish — more than 3 feet across — that roams the ocean floor in orange, yellow and purple. These invertebrates can grow as many as 24 arms, and they’re ...

Staghorn corals are also vulnerable to certain predators, like the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci), which have proliferated since the 1970s. In large numbers, crown-of-thorns ...

Investigate the lives of ocean inhabitants in the Marine Invertebrates gallery. See starfish, corals and molluscs, and discover the deep-sea secrets of the vampire squid and the feeding habits of the ...

The sunflower sea star is a big starfish — more than 3 feet across — that roams the ocean floor in orange, yellow and purple. These invertebrates can grow as many as 24 arms, and they’re ...

Crown-of-thorns starfish populations are again flourishing ... "Generally for marine invertebrates, the juvenile stage is usually less tolerant of changes in temperature, it's called a thermal ...

For the last decade, California's offshore seafloors have been missing a massive, colorful predator that keeps kelp-munching sea urchins in check. The sunflower sea star is a big starfish—more ...