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

Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic.

After a decade-long search, scientists have pinpointed the cause of the massive sea star die-off along North America's Pacific coast: the Vibrio pectenicida bacteria. This discovery solves the mystery ...

The mystery behind a catastrophic disease that caused the massive die off of billions of sea stars along the West Coast and ...