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 hard, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. While they have no backbone, sunflower sea stars (Pycnopodia ...

After years of scientific sleuthing, a team of West Coast researchers reported that they have identified a particular strain of ocean bacteria that has killed more than 6 billion sea stars since 2013.

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 ...

Billions of sea stars have wasted away in recent years, their crustose, spiny bodies melted to goop by a mysterious illness known as sea star wasting disease. The culprit behind this epidemic has ...

A marine epidemic that has killed over 20 different species of sea stars from Alaska to Mexico - the largest ever documented - has been happening over the past decade. Scientists have long sought the ...

A mysterious illness has killed billions of sea stars in the past decade. After a four-year search, scientists have uncovered the culprit: a bacterium known as Vibrio pectenicida. The team reported ...

The Aquarium of the Pacific will soon celebrate two new additions to the institution’s offerings — including a yearlong special exhibit and an interactive touch pool. The exhibit, dubbed “Stars of the ...

A mysterious illness has killed billions of sea stars in the past decade. After a four-year search, scientists have uncovered the culprit: a bacterium known as Vibrio pectenicida. The team reported ...

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, ...

The announcement earlier this month that scientists had discovered the cause of a disease that had killed billions of iconic sunflower sea stars was big news for a small lab on San Juan Island, ...