A devastating bacterium has decimated populations of sunflower sea stars, predators that play a crucial role in their ...

A mysterious illness has killed billions of sea stars in the past decade. After a four-year search, scientists have uncovered ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of what killed over 5 billion starfish off the Pacific coast of North America.

Researchers have identified Vibrio pectenicida as the pathogen responsible for the devastating sea star wasting disease, ...

In 2013, a mysterious epidemic swept across the Pacific Coast of North America, rapidly turning billions of sea stars from ...

Scientists have found Vibrio pectenicida causes sea star wasting, a disease devastating Pacific starfish and threatening marine ecosystems.

Sea star wasting disease has devastated starfish populations in North America, driving some species to the brink of ...

An estimated 5 billion sea stars have died due to a sea star-wasting disease in oceans around the world. A team of ...

Columbo, eat your heart out: A team of scientists has just solved a massive marine murder mystery, nabbing the culprit behind ...

Between 5 billion and 6 billion sea stars on the West Coast have died, according to some estimates. The loss of so many led ...

Researchers at the Hakai Institute have identified the culprit as a bacterium called Vibrio pectenicida, known as "V-peck" ...

The finding is critical, the study says, because it "will enable recovery efforts for sea stars and the ecosystems affected ...