If you're going to make a splashy entrance, timing is everything -- and the recent arrival of sunflower sea stars at the ...

If you're going to make a splashy entrance, timing is everything -- and the recent arrival of sunflower sea stars at the ...

Scientists have determined the cause of an epidemic that has devastated a species of starfish, wiping out billions over the ...

Between 5 billion and 6 billion sea stars on the West Coast have died, according to some estimates. The loss of so many led to a population explosion of sea urchins — the prickly species that sea ...

Billions of sea stars have wasted away in recent years, their crustose, spiny bodies melted to goop by a mysterious illness ...

A new study identifies the cause of sea star wasting disease, offering hope the animals can come back and perhaps even help ...

A sea star wasting disease​ sparked a mass die-off from Mexico to Alaska, devastating more than 20 species and continuing ...

Sea star wasting disease has been killing sea stars since 2013, causing catastrophic damage to ecosystems and driving the largest sea star species to the brink of extinction. Researchers thought a ...

A team featuring Canadian scientists has, after years of testing, determined the cause of the devastating sea star wasting ...

The stars were suffering from something known as sea star wasting disease. It’s a sickness that sounds like something out of ...

Since 2013, billions of sea stars, an elegant ocean species commonly known as starfish that are a key part of the environment along the coast of California and other states, have been dying.