More than a decade ago, a “mysterious illness” hit the sunflower sea star population. The disease, known as sea star wasting syndrome, decimated 95% of the creature’s population in 2013, leading to ...

For the last decade, California’s offshore seafloors have been missing a massive, colorful predator that keeps kelp-munching sea urchins in check. The sunflower sea star is a big starfish — more than ...

Purple sea urchins, beware: There’s a purple urchin-eating predator on the horizon — and its name is the sunflower sea star. That’s the plot line coming from a small upstart research facility in Moss ...

Sunflower sea stars, the largest of sea stars, were formerly common in tide pools in Oregon. However, this species has suffered from sea star wasting syndrome for over a decade, which has resulted in ...

Over the past decade, the sunflower sea star has gone from a mighty predator of the Pacific Ocean floor to nearing extinction. The Nature Conservancy estimates that 5.75 billion sunflower sea stars ...

Visitors to Haystack Rock are urged not to touch wildlife. CANNON BEACH — Mylasia Miklas was exploring the tide pools around Haystack Rock last month when she spotted what looked like a baby octopus.

SAN DIEGO — Scientists with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance made science history after dozens of larvae of a critically endangered sea star species were hatched using new innovations in ...

For the last decade, California's offshore seafloors have been missing a massive, colorful predator that keeps kelp-munching sea urchins in check. The sunflower sea star is a big starfish—more than 3 ...

Melissa Torres from Birch Aquarium looks on as Ashley Kidd from Sunflower Star Laboratory prepares the sperm dilution to fertilize the eggs. Photo from Birch Aquarium at Scripps / Jordann Tomasek More ...

For the last decade, California’s offshore seafloors have been missing a massive, colorful predator that keeps kelp-munching sea urchins in check. The sunflower sea star is a big starfish — more than ...