Researchers have discovered the cause of a mysterious marine epidemic that has turned billions of sea stars into goo along the West Coast — and it's not what they expected. Sea star wasting ...

If you're going to make a splashy entrance, timing is everything -- and the recent arrival of sunflower sea stars at the ...

Scientists have determined the cause of an epidemic that has devastated a species of starfish, wiping out billions over the ...

A sea star wasting disease sparked a mass die-off from Mexico to Alaska, devastating more than 20 species and continuing today.

A bacterium called Vibrio pectenicida may be melting sea stars along North America’s Pacific coast.