The mystery behind a catastrophic disease that caused the massive die off of billions of sea stars along the West Coast and ...

A team featuring Canadian scientists has, after years of testing, determined the cause of the devastating sea star wasting ...

A mysterious epidemic has wiped out billions of sea stars in recent years. A new study finally identifies the bacterium ...

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

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

A team led by researchers in British Columbia has solved the mystery of a gruesome disease that has killed billions of sea ...

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

The pathogen has been identified as a bacteria called Vibrio pectinis. The research was a four-year process led by Drs.

Some five billion sea stars have been killed by a mysterious "sea star wasting disease" in the last decade. Scientists finally figured out what's causing it.

Billions of starfish suffered rotting and melting skin years ago, and scientists have tried to figure out the culprit. They ...

Researchers have identified the cause of the wasting disease that has killed billions of sea stars from Mexico to Alaska ...

A team led by researchers in British Columbia has solved the mystery of a disease that has killed billions of sea stars along ...