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 ...

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 ...

The sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides), a beautifully colored species in bright orange, yellow or purple hues, was the largest and fastest of the local sea stars, and with its 20-plus rays ...

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 ...

Another important wolf for these kelp forests, though, is a sea star known as pycnopodia helianthoides, or the “sunflower sea star.” Sunflower sea stars are beautiful, often purple or pink ...

The study said the population of the sunflowers in the fiords was ‘highest in cool water temperatures.” Gehman said it’s necessary to keep temperatures in mind when we are thinking about how to ...

A baby sunflower sea star at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) However, she added, if the starfish population could be revived, it could "turn the ...

B.C. researchers have found that the fiords of the Central Coast may be providing refuge for the critically endangered sunflower sea star, a discovery that could have implications for wider ...

A new study published this month in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences says the cold-water fiords on the central coast may hold a key to sea star survival by serving as a marine ...

Since its collapse, California's sunflower sea star population hasn't meaningfully bounced back on its own. But in recent years, major strides have been made in breeding the animals in captivity ...