A new study suggests that cold-water fjords on British Columbia’s Central Coast could be a marine refuge for threatened sunflower sea stars, which have been hit hard by sea star wasting disease. But ...

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

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.

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.

Americans are skeptical of the term environmentalist, so a new report from the aquarium deals with ‘wonder and respect and ...

Americans are skeptical of the term environmentalist, so a new report from Aquarium of the Pacific deals with ‘wonder and respect and stewardship’ for sea animals and the ocean.

But the ocean isn’t as colourful now after a wasting disease tore through all varieties of sea stars along the North American West Coast in 2013, wiping out most of the population. It was ...