The brittle star specimen suggests that the sea creatures have been splitting themselves in two to reproduce for more than 150 million years. By Jack Tamisiea Some brittle stars give an arm and a leg ...
An eight-armed, pig-snouted brittle star found in the depths of the South Pacific has roots reaching back to the days of the dinosaurs. The brittle star, which has a body just 1.1 inch (3 centimeters) ...