The night is cool, still, almost silky, and I could stay in this moment forever, but from a nearby boat I hear the guide urge ...

reduced the global population of sunflower sea stars by an estimated ninety-four percent. In Northern California, the disease killed 99.2% of the creatures, according to a 2021 study (Hamilton et al).

A group of microscopic sunflower sea star larva arrived at Shedd Aquarium last year and have been bulking up behind the ...

After sea star wasting disease wiped out more than 90 percent of the ocean's wild sunflower sea star population, divers brave the cold Alaskan waters to find traces of the remaining population.