Like humans, starfish produce chemicals that tell them they're full and to stop eating, according to a new study. Like humans, starfish produce chemicals that tell them they're full and to stop eating ...

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 from Queen Mary University of London. Oxytocin, more ...

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 ...

Marine creatures living in the deepest parts of the ocean have been feeding on microplastics for at least 40 years. This is according to shocking research that found traces of eight different plastics ...

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The “love hormone” released in humans when they find their soulmate causes starfish to turn their stomachs inside out, scientists have discovered. Oxytocin is released in the brain when people fall in ...

Like humans, starfish produce chemicals that tell them they’re full and to stop eating, according to a new study published today in the journal eLife. Starfish feed in a bizarre way - turning their ...

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 ...

Starfish feed in a bizarre way - turning their stomachs out of their mouth when they come across a tasty meal like a mussel or oyster - and then digesting their chosen prey outside of their body.

Oxytocin, more commonly known as the ‘love hormone’, is important for sexual reproduction in humans, other mammals and even nematode worms, but this study shows that in the common European starfish ...