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. Sea stars – often known as starfish – ...

Scientists have solved the mystery behind an epidemic that has killed nearly 6 billion sea stars along North America's Pacific Coast over the past decade. In a study published Monday, researchers ...

A mysterious epidemic has wiped out billions of sea stars in recent years. A new study finally identifies the bacterium responsible. By Alexa Robles-Gil Christopher Harley, a marine biologist at the ...

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