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.

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

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

The geographic distribution of CWD is clustered in some WMUs but continues to expand westward. Chronic Wasting Disease in Alberta by wildlife management unit reports Chronic Wasting Disease in deer in ...

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

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

A new study published this month says the cold-water fjords on B.C.'s central coast might hold a key to sea star survival by ...

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

Microplastics and pesticide contamination are stunting young sea star development in Washington’s Puget Sound, adding stress to a species already devastated by disease.Tom Perkins reports for The ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is implementing new rules to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD). According to WDFW, Director Kelly ...