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?

A new study has found that the devastating sea star wasting disease is caused by a strain of bacteria from Vibrio pectenicida ...

More than a decade ago, a mysterious illness killed billions of sea stars, particularly along the North American Pacific ...

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

Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of ...

With the sharp decline in sea stars, the sea urchins that usually serve as a food source rapidly expanded in population. In ...

Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific Coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic. The culprit? Bacteria th ...

Some in and around a Sunset Beach community are worried that tree removals associated with ongoing development could be harming herons.

Sick sea stars are lethargic, lose their arms and disintegrate into gooey masses. More than 90% of sunflower sea stars were ...

The bird, spotted on Farallon Islands in July, had a “bright orange bill and distinctive forehead crest” and brought a “serious punk rock energy to the usual seabird scene,” Point Blue Conservation ...

The last award given out was the Adam Keenan Award, a Futures League award named after the late Adam Keenan, a former FCBL ...