Sea star larvae have been stored at -200°C and thawed for the first time, a step towards restoring populations that have been ...

Swimming through the shadowy waters off Palau, scuba divers watched life on a coral reef after dark. One reddish sea creature ...

Sea stars species vary in what they eat—from mussels, and other shellfish, to snails, small fish, other sea stars and microalgae—but they are top predators, and the intertidal zone will be transformed ...

The sunflower sea star, which can live anywhere from 25 to 65 years in the wild and can be up to a meter wide, have historically played a crucial role in balancing California’s coastal ecosystem.

A research team has synthesized a novel red sea star-inspired polyurethane, which can achieve rapid underwater self-healing. The study was published in Macromolecules.

C. A. Aquino et al. Evidence that microorganisms at the animal-water interface drive sea star wasting disease. Frontiers in Microbiology . Vol. 11, January 2021. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.610009.

Bringing back sunflower sea stars, which are functionally extinct in California, could help restore kelp forests off the coast, researchers say.

Researchers have discovered a new species of sea star (also known as starfish). The discovery came about thanks to collaborative work among researchers, fishers, and aquarium and museum staff. The ...

“The magnitude of [sea star wasting] — the geographic scale from Mexico all the way up into Alaska, and with over 20 species affected — there has never been anything (that we have any data ...

An estimated 5.75 billion sunflower sea stars have died since 2013 due to a waterborne disease. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

He cited what happened about 10 years ago in California. As the sea star population quickly depleted, a heat wave hit the coast. With the predatory sea stars gone, the urchin population flourished.