Scientists have finally unravelled the decade-long mystery behind the devastating epidemic that has killed more than five billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of North America. The breakthrough ...

In the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, a group of researchers reveals the culprit behind sea star wasting disease, a marine epidemic that has decimated sea star populations along the west coast of ...

For years, it has been one of the biggest mysteries in marine biology: What is killing the starfish? Since 2013, billions of sea stars, an elegant ocean species commonly known as starfish that are a ...

A critically endangered sunflower sea star. (Courtesy of the Association of Zoos & Aquariums) Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the ...

"The success of this research project is a testament to the collaborative efforts of so many people working together over ...

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

More than a decade after a mysterious sickness began killing billions of sea stars off the Pacific Coast, scientists say they've identified the bacteria that causes the deadly disease. A team of at ...

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