Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of ...

More than a decade ago, a mysterious illness killed billions of sea stars, particularly along the North American Pacific ...

Sea star wasting disease has devastated starfish populations in North America, driving some species to the brink of ...

An estimated 5 billion sea stars have died due to a sea star-wasting disease in oceans around the world. A team of ...

Some five billion sea stars have been killed by a mysterious "sea star wasting disease" in the last decade. Scientists finally figured out what's causing it.

They have up to 24 arms and grow to the size of a bicycle tire. Starting in 2013, these creatures and other sea star species along the west coast of North America died in epidemic proportions. The ...

Researchers at the Hakai Institute have identified the culprit as a bacterium called Vibrio pectenicida, known as "V-peck" ...

Scientists identified Vibrio pectenicida as the bacteria behind a deadly disease that killed billions of sea stars along the Pacific Coast since 2013.

Scientists identify Vibrio pectenicida as the bacterium causing sea star wasting disease. Kelley Mack, 'The Walking Dead' and 'Chicago Med' actress, dies at 33 ...

A mysterious illness has killed billions of sea stars in the past decade. After a four-year search, scientists have uncovered ...

Researchers in Washington and British Columbia say they have solved a deadly mystery that has stumped scientists for more ...