A close-up view of a vibrant red starfish arm underwater, showing small tube feet extending from its textured surface.© A-Z Animals Imagine waking up to find your entire body gone — no torso, no limbs ...

Photograph of a specimen of the common European starfish Asterias rubens with a regenerating arm. Starfish shed arms (autotomy) when attacked by predators and then regenerate a new arm to replace the ...

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have made a groundbreaking discovery about how starfish manage to survive predatory attacks by shedding their own limbs. The team has identified a ...

For many creatures, having a limb caught in a predator’s mouth is usually a death sentence. Not starfish, though—they can detach the limb and leave the predator something to chew on while they crawl ...

The Story of How the Starfish Got its Arms Reminds us that Animals have Deep Histories. The story of how the starfish got its arms reminds us that even animals that might be familiar to us today can ...

Photograph of a specimen of the common European starfish Asterias rubens with a regenerating arm. Starfish shed arms (autotomy) when attacked by predators and then regenerate a new arm to replace the ...

Imagine waking up to find your entire body gone — no torso, no limbs — just a head that has expanded, split into five distinct sections. That sounds like a horror film or a scene from science fiction.