Sunflower sea stars, huge starfish that until recently thrived in waters up and down the west coast of North America, are threatened with extinction and should be protected under the Endangered ...

A healthy sunflower sea star is seen on the seafloor in 2014. NOAA Fisheries on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, announced it is seeking a threatened listing for the distinctive sea stars, which have ...

SAN FRANCISCO— Following a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced today that imperiled sunflower sea stars may warrant protection under the ...

A mysterious and deadly disease is wreaking havoc on sea stars along Florida’s Atlantic coast, according to researchers.

Raimondi said citizens can help by reporting observations of the disease on his group's Sea Star Wasting Syndrome web site. The site includes detailed descriptions of the disease, photographs, maps, ...

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

For the first time, scientists have successfully cryopreserved sea star larvae and reactivated them – an important milestone that could help re-establish a critically endangered keystone species ...

Eventually, the sea star passes away.” The disease first appeared on the Olympic Peninsula in 2013. Over the next two years, it decimated many species of starfish from British Columbia to Mexico.

The humble sea star is an ancient marine creature that possibly goes back about 480 million years. They are beloved in touch tanks in aquariums for their celestial shape, spongy skin, and arm suckers.

A sea sponge and sea star on the Retriever seamount, one mile deep in the Atlantic Ocean, July 27, 2021 Courtesy of Christopher Mah/NOAA 2021-07-28T21:56:16Z Share ...

The new sea star, seen here in the Musicians Seamounts in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Monument, was documented at depths ranging from 1,743 to 3,304 meters (1.1 to 2.1 miles).