Emerging from a recent dive 40 feet below the surface of the Puget Sound, biologist Ben Miner wasn't surprised by what he found: The troubling disease that wiped out millions of starfish up and down ...

LOPEZ PASS, Wash. — Emerging from a recent dive 40 feet below the surface of the Puget Sound, biologist Ben Miner wasn’t surprised by what he found: The troubling disease that wiped out millions of ...

A wasting disease in 2014 took an unprecedented toll on sea stars up and down the West Coast. It nearly wiped out the populations of starfish ecologist Bruce Menge has studied for decades with Oregon ...

EUREKA, Calif. — Droves of baby starfish are returning to Oregon and Northern California’s shores after a wasting disease decimated whole populations of the creatures over the past two years along the ...

Six-rayed sea stars make great moms! Unlike most sea stars, mama six-rayed sea stars are VERY involved in their kids’ lives, caressing and protecting their babies for months. When they’re big enough, ...

Disease has wiped out millions of starfish up and down the West Coast. But a baby boom of sorts has Santa Cruz scientists hopeful for a comeback.Juvenile sea stars were discovered recently right here ...

A baby starfish scoops up snacks by spinning miniature whirlpools. These vortices draw in tasty algae so the larva can slurp them up, scientists from Stanford University report December 19 in Nature ...

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