Reviving a Keystone of the Kelp Forest” is the topic of the latest presentation in the Edmonds Environmental Speaker Series ...

Ochre sea stars, an iconic species once common along the Oregon Coast, are making a recovery after years of decline due to a mysterious wasting disease. That’s according to a study published earlier ...

So sea stars, when they're looking healthy, have sort of puffy arms, they're they're straight out, they might curl like turn *** bit, but when they're sick, they start to sort of like curl back on ...

After more than a decade of mystery, scientists say they’ve finally identified what wiped out more than 5 billion sea ...

Researchers in Washington and British Columbia say they have solved a deadly mystery that has stumped scientists for more than a decade. They have identified the pathogen behind one of the world’s ...

Across the last decade, a startling event has happened involving sea stars. From Mexico to Alaska, sea stars have been found with signs of disease, including lesions, twisted limbs, and disintegrating ...

Ochre sea stars are surging back to life along Oregon's coast, after a mysterious disease nearly wiped them out a decade ago. Why it matters: Their return could help restore balance in rocky shore ...

A team of international researchers discovered the cause of a sea-star wasting disease Madison E. Goldberg received her B.S. in Journalism and double minors in publishing and photography from Emerson ...

Columbo, eat your heart out: A team of scientists has just solved a massive marine murder mystery, nabbing the culprit behind the deaths of billions of sea stars over the past decade. In a new study, ...

A mysterious disease has been ravaging sea stars off the West Coast, leading to loss of entire kelp forests. Now, researchers have finally identified the culprit, opening new strategies for combatting ...