It wasn’t that long ago that Oregon’s sea stars were doomed. In 2014, scientists were working quickly to identify the ...

This marks Florida's first confirmed case of Sea Star Wasting Disease (SSWD), a devastating condition that has plagued ...

From 2013 through 2015, sea star wasting disease hit the West Coast from British Columbia to Mexico, melting once-healthy sea stars into globs of goo. It was the largest known die-off of the species.

From 2013 through 2015, sea star wasting disease hit the West Coast from British Columbia to Mexico, melting once-healthy sea stars into globs of goo. It was the largest known die-off of the species.

Sea star wasting disease epidemics are nothing new. But past incidences have been directly related to El Nino events -- warmer seawater. The current outbreak in the Pacific is different.

Sea star wasting disease has stumped scientists since the first big outbreak emerged in 2013 off North America’s Pacific coast. “We initially thought it was a virus, ...

The disease that killed millions of the once-ubiquitous sea stars seems to be fading. Marine biologists are zeroing in on the combined factors — including a rise in water temperature — that resulted ...

A sunflower sea star killed by wasting syndrome, its body mangled and partly dissoved, is seen on the sea floor in this undated photo. The disease killed over 90 percent of sunflower sea stars ...

As the wasting disease progresses, a sea star develops white, oozing lesions. Its arms detach from its body — and the zombie limbs walk away on their own to die. In the end, ...

The Sea Star Wasting Syndrome hit the West Coast, from British Columbia to Mexico, from 2013 through 2015, melting once-healthy sea stars into globs of goo.

NOAA Fisheries on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, announced it is seeking a threatened listing for the distinctive sea stars, which have been nearly wiped out in some areas by a wasting disease that ...

The Sea Star Wasting Syndrome hit the West Coast, from British Columbia to Mexico, from 2013 through 2015, melting once-healthy sea stars into globs of goo.