It may look like a combination of a starfish, sea anemone and an octopus – but this is a feather star.  Feather stars are one of 550 living crinoid marine invertebrates in our oceans, most frequently found in the Indian Ocean. Though they could easily be mistaken for plants, these animals are known as echinoderms; part [...]

Scottish ultra marathon runner Joasia Zakrzewski was disqualified for riding in a car for 2.5 miles of the 50-mile race. 

The volcanic hot springs of Italy are harboring more than just a great vacation destination. According to a recent scientific expedition, they might be hiding the key to a clever way to clean up our carbon footprint.  In the Baia de Levante, off the coast of the island of Vulcano, researchers discovered a kind of [...]