Bringing back sunflower sea stars, which are functionally extinct in California, could help restore kelp forests off the ...

But it disintegrates in a few days when exposed to sea star wasting disease, whose cause is unknown. Since 2013, the disease has killed 90% of sunflower stars worldwide, leading the species to be ...

Alyssa Gehman vividly recalls seeing starfish for the first time while on a kayaking trip in British Columbia’s Desolation Sound in Grade 8. “I just remembered (seeing) a lot of the colours ...

A baby sunflower sea star at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) However, she added, if the starfish population could be revived, it could "turn 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 are voracious predators, eating most things living ...

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 are voracious predators, eating most things living on ...