WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the ...

Researchers said Monday that a bacteria related to cholera was responsible for the deaths of more than 5 billion sea stars ...

By Shreya Dasgupta More than a decade ago, a mysterious illness killed billions of sea stars, particularly along the North ...

Sea stars are vital to ocean ecosystems; however, a pathogen has been killing them in large numbers, rendering some species ...

After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along North America’s West Coast. Does that mean scientists can save them?

Sunflower sea stars scare off red sea urchins, offering a simple, natural way to protect and restore kelp forests.

Restoring California’s sunflower star population will ultimately take a massive effort. Before the wasting disease, an estimated 6 billion prowled the oceans, munching on urchins, clams and sea ...

In 2013, a sea star wasting syndrome decimated populations of Pisaster along the west coast of North America and along the Monterey Peninsula in California, where this study was conducted. The ...

Stars twinkle overhead, but under the sea, stars huddle together. Sea stars, that is! Sea stars (Asteroidea), commonly known as starfish, are invertebrates called echinoderms — creatures with ...

Sea urchins have no brains or hearts. But put them in the proximity of the unmistakable sunflower sea star, and somewhere in their pin cushion-like body, they sense trouble. That's the main ...

Well, I have an interesting factoid for you. Marine biologists are heavily focusing on a specific species, the sunflower sea star. As the largest sea star in the world with an arm span of one meter, ...

MOSS LANDING, Calif. — The Sunflower Star Lab in Moss Landing has reported a breakthrough in sea star cryopreservation, a process akin to IVF for sea stars, which could help save the critically ...