A marine predator that once helped keep Puget Sound's ecosystem in balance has all but vanished from Washington waters, and ...

A closer look at the sea stars around the Gulf of Maine reveals creatures far stranger and more fascinating than their simple ...

Ocean divers discovered a glimmer of hope offshore from the Bay Area when they spotted some of the largest sea stars in the world, sunflower sea stars, according to a NOAA ...

After years of scientific sleuthing, a team of West Coast researchers reported that they have identified a particular strain of ocean bacteria that has killed more than 6 billion sea stars since 2013.

There are so few sunflower sea stars remaining, researchers don't think there are enough for them to find each other on their own to reproduce—so the species is getting a helping hand from humans. The ...

One of California's most important marine predators is making a return to Santa Barbara, giving visitors a rare opportunity ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo provided by the Hakai Institute, researcher Alyssa Gehman from the Hakai Institute counts and measures sunflower sea ...

At first glance, bat sea stars, the nubbly, orange, many-footed creatures often found on the seafloor, seem about as far from humans as one can get. Appearances can be deceiving, however. Scientists ...

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The final week of the year will bring low tides to San Diego’s coastline, giving tide poolers one more chance this month to participate in a statewide quest to find sea stars — otherwise known as ...

Across the last decade, a startling event has happened involving sea stars. From Mexico to Alaska, sea stars have been found with signs of disease, including lesions, twisted limbs, and disintegrating ...

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History's Sea Center recently added two new residents hoping to battle back from the ...