Echinoderms, such as starfish, sea urchins and sea lilies, use small, flexible, tubular projections called "tube feet" for ...

What do barnacles, Dungeness crabs, and giant sea spiders have in common? How about snails with iron shells, vampire squid, and “pill bugs” the size of cats?

It used to be thought that sea urchins only had a primitive nervous system, but new research has found that they are far more complex than that. The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Sea urchins have a body that is entirely made up of "head"—with a ...

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Sea urchins are globe-shaped creatures that live on the ocean floor. Many beachgoers have had the misfortune to feel a sting from their spines, but how much do you know about the lives of these ...

For ages, people have wondered whether sea stars, commonly called starfish, have a head or not. Unlike creatures like worms or fish, where it’s clear which end is which, starfish have five identical ...

Echinobase(opens in new window), a web-based resource that provides access to genomic, expression and functional data from research related to starfish, sea cucumbers ...

The best copywriting makes an emotional connection that leaves your audience craving more. How can you make this sort of memorable impression on your target audience? The slogans and jingles used by ...

Until now, when scientists and engineers have developed soft robots inspired by organisms, they’ve focused on modern-day living examples. For instance, we previously reported on soft robot ...

This collaborative studentship is potentially funded by the University of Reading as part of a strategic partnership to support innovative collaborative research between the University and the Natural ...

Researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, in collaboration with paleontologists from Spain and Poland, used fossil evidence to engineer a soft robotic ...