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 ...

The pathogen has been identified as a bacteria called Vibrio pectinis. The research was a four-year process led by Drs.

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

A pair of Idaho State University researchers are part of a group of more than 30 scientists who've found the culprit ...

Scientists say they have solved what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic.

Starting in 2013, a wasting disease caused a mass die-off from Mexico to Alaska, devastating more than 20 species. The ...

Atlantic Salmon have been on the brink of extinction for more than two decades, but through conservation efforts researchers ...

The DLNR reports a rise in Hawaiian green sea turtle nesting and urges the public to respect their space and avoid beach ...

Atlantis Paradise Islands reports urgent efforts in the Bahamas to save endangered coral reefs via a new gene bank for ...

Sea star wasting disease has killed nearly 6 billion sea stars. Now, scientists have identified what causes the illness. The ...