A human appetite hormone, bombesin, also controls feeding in starfish, showing it evolved over 500 million years ago. A team ...

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A tiny molecule called bombesin links starfish and humans in appetite control, revealing a surprising evolutionary connection.

Environmental DNA, or eDNA, can help us detect species by the traces they leave behind in their surroundings. This ...

Alyssa Gehman vividly recalls seeing starfish for the first time while on a kayaking trip in British Columbia's Desolation ...

A team of biologists at Queen Mary University of London has discovered that a neurohormone controlling appetite in humans has ...

A team of biologists at Queen Mary University of London has discovered that a neurohormone controlling appetite in humans has an ancient evolutionary origin, dating back over half a billion years.

Australian scientists have announced the collection of samples from potential new marine species during their research in ...

Researchers have found crabs are key predators of juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish and could be a hidden link to what ...

"One of the consequences of climate change is that some starfish species are invading cooler waters where shellfish are cultivated for human consumption," Professor Elphick added. "Discovering ...