ITHACA, N.Y. - Since 2013, millions of sea stars native to the Pacific coast of North America from Baja California to southern Alaska have succumbed to a mysterious wasting disease in which their ...

Last fall, after millions of West Coast starfish were found dead and dying, a team of 25 microbiologists, epidemiologists, marine biologists and other scientists from around the country set out to ...

Scientists have identified the virus that’s caused a massive die-off of starfish along the Pacific Coast. Now researchers must figure out what environmental factors are making the animals more ...

It starts with the curling of a limb — just a subtle hint that the sea star's body isn't behaving the way it should. Then all the limbs join in, twisting themselves into a pretzel shape until they ...

KHQ.COM- A silent killer along the Pacific Coast has decimated sea star populations from Alaska to southern California and scientists say they have isolated a virus they believe may be the cause.

For more than a year, divers and scientists have been reporting a mysterious syndrome that is depopulating the Pacific Ocean of sea stars. Once abundant, the echinoderms have been slowly wasting away.

The mystery behind massive sea star deaths on the East and West Coast may finally be solved. Sea stars, commonly known as starfish, have been dying by the hundreds of thousands since June 2013, ...