Climate change and a range of other human impacts are putting marine animals at risk of extinction—even those living in ...

Corals were the marine group most at risk overall, with molluscs including squid and octopuses, echinoderms like sea stars and sea urchins, and crustaceans such as shrimp, crabs and lobsters also ...

For many creatures, having a limb caught in a predator’s mouth is usually a death sentence. Not starfish, though—they can ...

A new species of starfish has been discovered in Japan, marking the first such discovery in over 50 years. A new species of ...

Seafood is a collective term that refers to fish, mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms. Seafood, like salmon, clams, and oysters, is rich in nutrients like protein, B12, iron, selenium, zinc, and ...

The new research helps to answer the mystery of how these creatures evolved their distinctive star-shaped body, which has long puzzled scientists. Echinoderms are a group of animals that includes ...

Sea cucumbers are echinoderms with key ecological roles in marine ecosystems. They are fished worldwide as food and for their various nutraceutical and pharmacological properties. Over the years, ...

Not hundreds, not thousands, but perhaps tens of thousands of these animals that scientists collectively call "the echinoderms". It's a great name, derived from the Greek for "hedgehog", or "spiny ...