The Starfish, which ejects its cardiac stomach to digest prey, is famous for spitting its stomach out of its mouth.

A hormone that is released in our brain when we fall in love also makes starfish turn their stomach inside out to feed, according to a new study. A hormone that is released in our brain when we fall ...

Here’s a reminder that biology is oftentimes more complicated than headlines can make it out to be. Scientists in the UK have found evidence that the so-called “love hormone” oxytocin plays a very ...

Whether it's reversible anuses or exploding intestines, the natural world proves that internal body parts shouldn't always ...

This sped-up video (60x speed) shows the fascinating effect of ArBN on the common starfish (Asterias rubens). While ArBN doesn’t cause complete stomach retraction - it’s about 50% after 6 minutes. 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 ...

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Adorned with spikes and toxins, crown-of-thorns starfish aren’t an easy meal. In fact, it’s long been thought that few animals could eat them. But an analysis of fish poop and stomach contents from ...