“The phenomenon of larval cloning is well known,” Allen explained. Other echinoderms—even other starfish — reproduce through larval cloning. Even coral larvae clone themselves. “But no one had thought ...

The starfish will eventually be available for the ... Those in turn developed into floating larvae no bigger than specks. The Academy of Sciences was allotted roughly 11 million larvae, and ...

The 2016 winner was a time-lapse video depicting an eight-week-old starfish larva searching for food by William Gilpin of Stanford University. A predatory protozoan showing off its hunting ...