The star, Pycnopodia helianthoides, reaches one metre in diameter and has as many as 24 arms. But it disintegrates in a few ...

Sunflower sea stars, the largest of sea stars, were formerly common in tide pools in Oregon. However, this species has suffered from sea star wasting syndrome for over a decade, which has resulted ...

Alyssa Gehman vividly recalls seeing starfish for the first time while on a kayaking trip in British Columbia's Desolation ...

B.C. researchers have found that the fiords of the Central Coast may be providing refuge for the critically endangered sunflower sea star, a discovery that could have implications for wider ecosystems ...

A new study finds that cold-water trenches off B.C.’s central coast could be a marine refuge for critically endangered sunflower sea stars ... disease has wiped out more than 90 per cent of the ...

Starfish are a keystone species and had kept populations of sea urchins in check, which in turn allowed kelp forests to grow. The sunflower stars ... consequences of (sea star wasting disease ...

Alyssa Gehman vividly recalls seeing starfish for the ... coast may hold a key to sea star survival by serving as a marine refuge for critically endangered sunflower sea stars.

THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO Bennett Whitnell Hakai Institute **MANDATORY CREDIT** Alyssa Gehman vividly recalls seeing starfish for ... may hold a key to sea star survival by serving as a marine refuge for ...

Alyssa Gehman vividly recalls seeing starfish for the first time while ... fiords on the central coast may hold a key to sea star survival by serving as a marine refuge for critically endangered ...