NEWPORT, Ore. – In an old industrial warehouse, Tiffany Rudek leaned into a chest-high tank. Using a laminated card, she gently pried a red-speckled sea star from the enclosure’s bright blue walls.

DEAR ERIC: I work in a small aquarium with a close friend of mine named Tom. Because my wife is in the late stages of pregnancy, I often take my youngest to the aquarium and leave her by the touch ...

A photo of a California starfish with a “big butt” recently went viral on Twitter, according to USA Today. The voluptuous-looking vermillion sea star rose to stardom on June 30, when Twitter user ...