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Researchers have identified Vibrio pectenicida as the pathogen responsible for the devastating sea star wasting disease, ...
Scientists have found Vibrio pectenicida causes sea star wasting, a disease devastating Pacific starfish and threatening marine ecosystems.
In 2013, a mysterious epidemic turned billions of sea stars between Mexico and Alaska into goo. Now we know why ...
A mysterious illness has killed billions of sea stars in the past decade. After a four-year search, scientists have uncovered ...
A devastating bacterium has decimated populations of sunflower sea stars, predators that play a crucial role in their ...
A mysterious epidemic has wiped out billions of sea stars in recent years. A new study finally identifies the bacterium ...
Sea stars are vital to ocean ecosystems; however, a pathogen has been killing them in large numbers, rendering some species ...
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 ...
An estimated 5 billion sea stars have died due to a sea star-wasting disease in oceans around the world. A team of ...