Across the last decade, the sunflower star population plummeted by over 90%. Fortunately, in 2019, marine biologist Jason Hodin stepped up to save the sea stars from extinction.

Over the past decade, the sunflower sea star has gone from a mighty predator of the Pacific Ocean floor to nearing extinction. The Nature Conservancy estimates that 5.75 billion sunflower sea ...

The Sunflower Star Laboratory is raising young sunflower sea stars at its facility on the shore of Monterey Bay. The starfish — which can span more than three feet as adults — are housed ...

The sunflower sea star is a big starfish — more than 3 feet across — that roams the ocean floor in orange, yellow and purple. These invertebrates can grow as many as 24 arms, ...

The sunflower sea star is a big starfish — more than 3 feet across — that roams the ocean floor in orange, yellow and purple. These invertebrates can grow as many as 24 arms, ...

A key starfish is now under threat of extinction, the government says. The federal government said Wednesday that the sunflower sea star needs protection under the Endangered Species Act ...

The sunflower sea star is a big starfish — more than 3 feet across — that roams the ocean floor in orange, yellow and purple. These invertebrates can grow as many as 24 arms, ...

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 ...

The sunflower sea star is a big starfish — more than 3 feet across — that roams the ocean floor in orange, yellow and purple. These invertebrates can grow as many as 24 arms, ...

The return of kelp forests in northern California will depend in part on the return of sunflower stars, a kind of starfish that were decimated by a disease in 2013 and never returned. Momentum is b… ...