Starfish reveal evolutionary history of puberty hormone

Research from academics at Queen Mary University of London School of Biological and Behavioral Sciences, published in BMC Biology, has revealed the evolutionary history of a hormone that controls sexual maturation in humans.

Coral fights back against crown of thorns starfish

Coral can fight back against attacking juvenile crown of thorns starfish—using stinging cells to injure and even kill, showing that coral are not as passive as people may think.

One starfish to rule them all

At 480 million years old, this fossil is the oldest starfish-like creature ever discovered.

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