Starfish are dying off in startling numbers along the West Coast of the United States and Canada. ... scientists observe “fragmentation of the body” as the starfish lose their characteristic arms.

Starfish are among the oldest living animals on our planet. ... Biologists call the process of splitting in two parts fragmentation. Only a small number of animals can do this.

The 155-million-years old six-armed brittle star was petrified in the process of regenerating one body half, providing compelling evidence clonal fragmentation in star-shaped echinoderms ...

Scientists Find 155 Million-Year-old Starfish-Like Creature That Cloned Itself The clonal fragmentation allowed the organism to produce genetically identical offspring by breaking off parts of its ...

Fossil found in Germany shows starfish relative engaged in clonal fragmentation 150 ... Scientists have long suspected two species of sea stars—commonly referred to as starfish—along rocky ...

Starfish are known for their adorable and symmetrical arms that seem to hug everything they touch. But it turns out that they may not be hugs after all – because starfish, researchers found, are ...

The specimen, he added, shows that “clonal fragmentation is actually much older than people previously thought.” The brittle star fossil was discovered in the Nusplingen limestone deposit in ...