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 devastating bacterium has decimated populations of sunflower sea stars, predators that play a crucial role in their ...

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

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

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 ...