Researchers have identified Vibrio pectenicida as the pathogen responsible for the devastating sea star wasting disease, ...

How scientists solved one of the greatest ocean mysteries - In 2013, a mysterious epidemic turned billions of sea stars ...

A devastating bacterium has decimated populations of sunflower sea stars, predators that play a crucial role in their ...

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

Scientists have found Vibrio pectenicida causes sea star wasting, a disease devastating Pacific starfish and threatening marine ecosystems.

A mysterious epidemic has wiped out billions of sea stars in recent years. A new study finally identifies the bacterium ...

In 2013, starfishes in North America were turning into goo, with it being the largest epidemic ever seen in a marine species.

Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific Coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic. The culprit? Bacteria th ...

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

Between 5 billion and 6 billion sea stars on the West Coast have died, according to some estimates. The loss of so many led ...

A new study points a finger at a strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida, which belongs to the same genus as Vibrio ...

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