Sunflower sea stars seem indestructible. Like other members of their species, these pothole-sized creatures can regrow their limbs — and in the case of the sunflower sea star, all 24 of them. They ...

Survey shows sea stars of the Salish Sea hit hard by mysterious wasting disease Sea stars are key predators, keep other animals in check Sea star wasting disease has devastated intertidal populations ...

A healthy sunflower sea star is seen on the seafloor in 2014. (Photo by Ed Gullekson/Washington Department of Fish and WIldlife, provided by NOAA Fisheries) One of the world’s largest sea stars is on ...

Scientists are racing to revive a critically endangered species that has succumbed to a mysterious underwater pandemic up and down the West Coast. The species is the sunflower star, a pizza-sized ...

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Sea stars, also known colloquially as starfish, have rebounded on Oregon's coast from a wasting disease that wiped out great numbers. Scientists still aren't sure what caused the disease. Visitors may ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Priya covers the ocean, climate change, and the future of our planet. Earlier this week, the sunflower sea star was listed as ...

It’s a sea mystery that has stumped scientists along the West Coast for years. But a group of Cal State Fullerton students and marine biologists are on the hunt for answers about a mysterious epidemic ...

Trying to find a sea star along the Los Angeles coast these days is harder than finding a needle in a haystack. That’s because the aggressive, spineless intertidal predators that are commonly called ...

It's never a pleasure to be a buzzkill, especially for something so delightfully silly. But a "starfish" that went viral recently for its so-called rear end does not have an unusually large butt. The ...

The sea floor is home to all sorts of weird and wonderful creatures. But one in particular has become an online sensation, thanks to its impressive 'buttocks'. A big–bottomed sea star has been spotted ...