known as sea star wasting. In Port Townsend, 12 ochre stars have died, while the illness eliminated a species from the tanks in Port Angeles. Both centers pipe in ocean water for their tanks.

This photo provided by Oregon State University shows an ochre sea star ... said in a statement. "They just had an extraordinary survival rate into the juvenile stage." The sea star wasting disease ...

An unprecedented number of juvenile sea ... rocky zones at different sites for as long as 32 years and analyzing the community structure. Historical research has shown that the ochre star is ...

The ochre sea star, which is the species most heavily affected by the disease in the intertidal zone, may be headed toward ... ultimately die and rot. They sometimes physically tear their bodies ...

Hewson said thousands of bacteria and viruses live ... the sea star), what causes the damaged area?" Menge asked. "If they don't get in though damaged areas, how do they get in?" Warming ocean ...

Purple ochre sea star ... it’s the sun star that is dying off — but they appear to be the most heavily affected in the intertidal zone, according to OSU researchers. Sea stars are a ...

Environmental stressors in the ocean ... ochre sea stars eat mussels, creating space for other species to live. The sunflower sea star has a starring role in their kelp forest homes where they ...

Harvell crouches in the sand and points at a withering orange pisaster ochraceus, or ochre star, one of the most common sea stars found in the intertidal zones ... meaning they only live on ...

Researchers say they’re seeing signs of recovery in a species that fell victim to the world’s worst underwater pandemic: the ochre sea star ... Between El Niño ocean conditions and global ...

An unprecedented number of juvenile sea ... rocky zones at different sites for as long as 32 years and analyzing the community structure. Historical research has shown that the ochre star is ...