Things can get very chaotic on the ocean floor, making it difficult for underwater robots to keep from being swept away. New research, however, suggests that by copying the structure of the starfish, ...

SpongeBob SquarePants and his starfish best friend, Patrick Star, aren’t such cartoonish creatures after all. According to an image taken by a marine biologist doing remote deep-sea exploration this ...

Watch a sea anemone defend itself against a predatory starfish in this video. The sea anemone detects the starfish nearby, ...

For the last few weeks, the Schmidt Ocean Institute has been livestreaming submarine dives off the coast of Argentina. The livestreams feature close-ups of the seafloor and the specimen retrieval ...

For the Lyme Bay Marine Protected Area research Emma Sheehan receives funding from DEFRA, Natural England, European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, INTERREG France (Channel) England European Regional ...

Researchers in South Korea and the US have developed starfish-¬inspired tube feet that provide temporary and switchable underwater adhesion and transportation. The starfish-inspired technology can ...