Bringing back sunflower sea stars, which are functionally extinct in California, could help restore kelp forests off the ...

B.C. researchers have found that the fiords of the Central Coast may be providing refuge for the critically endangered ...

The star, Pycnopodia helianthoides, reaches one metre in diameter and has as many as 24 arms. But it disintegrates in a few ...

A team of oceanographers and marine biologists at the Hakai Institute, working with a colleague from the Central Coast ...

Year round this same species can be found all along the West Coast, from Baja California to Alaska. But in 2014, a disease nearly brought them to extinction here.

But the ocean isn't as colourful now after a wasting disease tore through all varieties of sea stars along the North American ...

A new study finds that cold-water trenches off B.C.’s central coast could be a marine refuge for critically endangered ...

Nine out of 10 sea stars have been wiped out since 2013 due to sea star wasting disease, which has led to a mass death of the animals along North America's West Coast, from Alaska to Mexico.

Key research and logistical questions need to be answered. A biggie is understanding more about the nature of sea star wasting disease and how to build resilience to it among the starfish.