The impact on levels of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere by the decaying remains of a group of marine creatures that includes starfish and sea urchin has been significantly underestimated. The ...

Mexico City, May 22 (EFE).Mexico City, May 22 (EFE). — Federal police seized 17 tons of sea cucumber, a protected species of marine echinoderm, the Mexican government said. The contraband was ...

Echinoderms are a common, widespread and successful phylum of marine animals with an extensive and well-preserved fossil record. Echinoderms are a common, widespread and successful phylum of marine ...

Scientists have discovered a new species that lived more than 500 million years ago -- a form of ancient echinoderm that was ancestral to modern-day groups such as sea cucumbers, sea urchins, sea ...

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All bilateral creatures have some asymmetry, such as the human heart being located slightly to the left and the liver being ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The humble sea star is an ancient marine creature that possibly goes ...

Sea stars and their relatives eat, breathe and scuttle around the seafloor with tiny tube feet. Now researchers have gotten their first-ever look at similar tentacle-like structures in an extinct ...

It was a long, hard, and tumultuous battle, but the clash of the titans that began here at The Intersection--that will go down in science blogging history as the Great Marine Invertebrate Wars--has ...

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced on the 26th that through the '2023 Operation of Marine and Fisheries Biological Resources Deposit Registration and Preservation Institutions' project, a ...