Almost a decade after a massive outbreak of sea star wasting syndrome, researchers are working to measure sea star populations. In 2013 and 2014, the disease started to decimate sea star populations ...

The "baby boom" of ochre sea stars that followed a population crash a decade ago is enabling the species to recover on the Oregon Coast, according to new research by scientists at Oregon State ...

Sea spiders may be relatively large and found in abundance in Earth's oceans, but little remains known about the mysterious marine creatures. An understanding of the reproductive habits of giant sea ...

Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars — often known as starfish — off the Pacific coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic. Starting ...

Scientists estimate that more than 5 billion sunflower sea stars, once a mighty predator, have died in the Pacific Ocean because of warming waters. By Remy Tumin Over the past decade, the sunflower ...

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

Three sunflower sea stars, considered functionally extinct in California, spawn at a San Diego aquarium. Christoffer Engstrom Unplash Three critically endangered sunflower sea stars have spawned as ...