A devastating bacterium has decimated populations of sunflower sea stars, predators that play a crucial role in their ...

A mysterious illness has killed billions of sea stars in the past decade. After a four-year search, scientists have uncovered ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of what killed over 5 billion starfish off the Pacific coast of North America.

Researchers have identified Vibrio pectenicida as the pathogen responsible for the devastating sea star wasting disease, ...

In 2013, a mysterious epidemic swept across the Pacific Coast of North America, rapidly turning billions of sea stars from ...

Scientists have found Vibrio pectenicida causes sea star wasting, a disease devastating Pacific starfish and threatening marine ecosystems.

Sea star wasting disease has devastated starfish populations in North America, driving some species to the brink of ...

A mysterious epidemic has wiped out billions of sea stars in recent years. A new study finally identifies the bacterium responsible.

An estimated 5 billion sea stars have died due to a sea star-wasting disease in oceans around the world. A team of ...

Columbo, eat your heart out: A team of scientists has just solved a massive marine murder mystery, nabbing the culprit behind ...

Researchers at the Hakai Institute have identified the culprit as a bacterium called Vibrio pectenicida, known as "V-peck" ...

Some five billion sea stars have been killed by a mysterious "sea star wasting disease" in the last decade. Scientists ...