A U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker assisted an Antarctica cruise ship after shifting pack ice slowed its voyage, allowing it to ...

SOUTHERN OCEAN — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) began icebreaking operations in the Southern Ocean in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2026 and marked its 50th year of commissioned ...

In 2021, a remarkable new species of brittle star was discovered in the Philippine Sea. It was named Ophiuroglypha fendouzhe ...

On a Bahamian island, in a landlocked lagoon, the planet’s densest collection of seahorses is offering scientists new ...

A small laboratory in Moss Landing that’s aiming to repopulate the ocean’s decimated sunflower sea star population, just got a leg— or rather sixteen legs-up — toward its goal through a new experiment ...

The year 2025 has been a banner year for scientists in the Pacific Northwest working to save sea stars from a mysterious wasting disease. Research groups from several universities and institutes have ...

Divers along the Pacific coast once had ample opportunity to glimpse a now-rare undersea treasure: a sea star so massive, its two dozen arms could span more than 3 feet across. These manhole ...

If you’re looking for a simple, sweet treat to gift friends or family this holiday season, homemade peanut brittle is an easy win. The recipe is so straightforward you may not even need a trip to the ...

For the first time, scientists have cryopreserved and revived the larvae of a sea star species. The breakthrough, made with the giant pink star, gives hope the technique could be repeated to save the ...

There has much coverage of the plight of sunflower sea stars, the large starfishes with 16 to 24 arms that inhabit the Pacific Coast of North America. A wasting disease that hit the population ...

Brittle stars are eyeless, brainless animals that spend their time hanging out in dark crevices of coral reefs. But despite all this, it seems that they can still see...using their skin! Hosted by: ...