The sticky toffee pudding with goat cheese ice cream was no ordinary dessert. Credit: Photo by Troy Fields Warm, dripping with tiny streams of caramel that pooled on the plate, the sticky toffee ...

The menu at Star Fish Coastal Bar & Kitchen covers two sides of legal-size heavy stock, all 64 items of it. That's not counting the massive cocktail and wine selection (make that two more legal sheets ...

Where exactly is the head of a starfish? Zoologists, after being stumped for centuries, may finally have an answer. “It’s as if the sea star is completely missing a trunk, and is best described as ...

For centuries, scientists have wondered: Where is the head of a starfish? Researchers mapped starfish genes to solve the mystery, and it wasn't what they expected. Turns out, starfish genes suggest it ...

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 ...

Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction." Starfish. Also known ...