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 ...

Before 2013, divers on North America's west coast rarely saw purple sea urchins. The spiky animals, which are voracious kelp ...

Scientists say they’ve found the cause of a marine epidemic more than 10 years after it started. What took so long?

THERE HAS BEEN A SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH AND A LOCAL MARINE BIOLOGY LAB PLAYED A KEY ROLE. THE "SUNFLOWER STAR LAB" IN MOSS LANDING IS REPORTING ADVANCEMENT IN WHAT IS CALLED "SEA STAR CRYPTO ...

Starfish had been existing since the past 500 million years, but in the last decade, a disease outbreak almost drove them to ...

The sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) can be found throughout intertidal and subtidal coastal waters of the northeast Pacific Ocean, from Alaska to at least northern Baja California, ...

Billions of sea stars have wasted away in recent years, their crustose, spiny bodies melted to goop by a mysterious illness known as sea star wasting disease. The culprit behind this epidemic has ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. While they have no backbone, sunflower sea stars (Pycnopodia ...

A mysterious illness has killed billions of sea stars in the past decade. After a four-year search, scientists have uncovered the culprit: a bacterium known as Vibrio pectenicida. The team reported ...

A sunflower sea star may be about to snack on some sea urchins in California. Brent Durand/Moment via Getty Images Before 2013, divers on North America’s west coast rarely saw purple sea urchins. The ...