Scientists don't like the term "starfish" because the sea star isn't a fish. Sea stars are invertebrates, according to the ...

Thousands of small starfish washed ashore during low tide on Garden City Beach ... For other small species you can identify ...

Named for its spiky, venomous spines that resemble a crown of thorns, these starfish can grow up to 60 centimeters or 24 inches in diameter. They are known to feed on coral polyps, which can lead to ...

This story appears in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. The sea star—often called a starfish, though it's no more a fish than it is a sheepdog—ranks with the most ...

"Tens of thousands" of stranded starfish have been washed up on the ... Mr Davies photographed thousands of the stranded sea creatures on Coppet Hall Beach in Pembrokeshire.

Thousands of small starfish washed ashore during low tide ... there’s no reason not to return the animal to the ocean. “If you see a sea star or a seahorse or something like that washed ...