Free-floating Crinoids, a.k.a. feather stars, are mesmerizing deep-sea creatures that dance in water like stars dance around a black hole: that is to say, gracefully. The smooth-moving feather stars ...

Once thought to be extinct, these lesser-known cousins of sea stars and sea urchins are some of the prettiest creatures in the ocean. Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Antarctic strawberry feather star gets its name from its strawberry-like head Researchers have discovered an otherworldly, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists aboard a research vessel near Antarctica pulled their nets out of the chilly ocean water. Among their catch, they found ...