Researchers hope to revive the population of sunflower sea stars in an effort to support kelp forests along the California ...

Since 2013, 90% of the Pacific population of these sea stars has been lost to the gruesome and disfiguring sea star wasting disease. The disease outbreak is being driven by climate change, with warmer ...

Since 2013, 90% of the Pacific population of these sea stars has been lost to the gruesome and disfiguring sea star wasting disease. The disease outbreak is being driven by climate change, with warmer ...

96% of the sunflower star population was wiped out in 2015 and 2016. While sea otters were unaffected by wasting disease and continued to eat large urchins, the populations of medium-sized urchins ...