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

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

A new study points a finger at a strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida, which belongs to the same genus as Vibrio ...

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

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

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

Researchers at the Hakai Institute have identified the culprit as a bacterium called Vibrio pectenicida, known as "V-peck" ...

Scientists identify Vibrio pectenicida as the bacterium causing sea star wasting disease. Kelley Mack, 'The Walking Dead' and 'Chicago Med' actress, dies at 33 ...

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

An estimated 5 billion sea stars have died due to a sea star-wasting disease in oceans around the world. A team of ...

Some five billion sea stars have been killed by a mysterious "sea star wasting disease" in the last decade. Scientists finally figured out what's causing it.

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