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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Scientists identified bacteria causing sea star wasting disease that killed billions along Pacific coast ecosystems.

Today in Nature Ecology & Evolution, a group of researchers reveals the cause of sea star wasting disease (SSWD). This discovery comes more than a decade after the start of the marine epidemic that ...

In Nature Ecology & Evolution, a group of researchers reveal the cause of sea star wasting disease (SSWD). This discovery ...

Researchers in Washington and British Columbia say they have solved a deadly mystery that has stumped scientists for more ...