A devastating bacterium has decimated populations of sunflower sea stars, predators that play a crucial role in their ...

A mysterious illness has killed billions of sea stars in the past decade. After a four-year search, scientists have uncovered ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of what killed over 5 billion starfish off the Pacific coast of North America.

In 2013, a mysterious epidemic swept across the Pacific Coast of North America, rapidly turning billions of sea stars from ...

Scientists have identified Vibrio pectenicida as the bacteria responsible for the sea star wasting disease that has devastated populations along the California coast.

Researchers have identified Vibrio pectenicida as the pathogen responsible for the devastating sea star wasting disease, ...

Scientists have found Vibrio pectenicida causes sea star wasting, a disease devastating Pacific starfish and threatening marine ecosystems.

An estimated 5 billion sea stars have died due to a sea star-wasting disease in oceans around the world. A team of ...

Columbo, eat your heart out: A team of scientists has just solved a massive marine murder mystery, nabbing the culprit behind ...

In Nature Ecology & Evolution, a group of researchers reveal the cause of sea star wasting disease (SSWD). This discovery ...

Some five billion sea stars have been killed by a mysterious "sea star wasting disease" in the last decade. Scientists ...

Scientists have identified bacteria as the culprit behind a mass sea star die-off along North America's Pacific coast, ...