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Mysterious Illness Decimating Sea Stars Finally Identified
A devastating bacterium has decimated populations of sunflower sea stars, predators that play a crucial role in their environment
Scientists Finally Identify Killer Microbe Behind ‘Terrifying’ Sea Star Disease
A mysterious epidemic has wiped out billions of sea stars in recent years. A new study finally identifies the bacterium responsible.
Mystery of why sea stars keep turning into goo finally solved — and it's not what scientists thought
A new study has found that the devastating sea star wasting disease is caused by a strain of bacteria from Vibrio pectenicida, which turns the marine creatures into goo.
A Mystery Killer Wiped Out Billions of Sea Stars. Biologists Just Solved the Case.
Columbo, eat your heart out: A team of scientists has just solved a massive marine murder mystery, nabbing the culprit behind the deaths of billions of sea stars over the past decade.
5 Billion Sea Stars Have Shattered and Died Over the Past 10 Years, Scientists May Finally Know Why
With the sharp decline in sea stars, the sea urchins that usually serve as a food source rapidly expanded in population. In turn, they ate nearly 95% of the kelp forests in Northern California within a decade. These kelp forests help provide food and habitats for a wide variety of marine life, including fish, sea otters and seals, per the AP.
Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars
Scientists have solved the mystery of what killed over 5 billion sea stars — also known as starfish — off the Pacific coast of North America.
Scientists crack the case of the melting sea stars. It only took a decade
Researchers in Washington and British Columbia say they have solved a deadly mystery that has stumped scientists for more than a decade.
The Great Starfish Mystery: Solving a Decade-Long Environmental Crisis
Scientists have identified bacteria as the culprit behind a mass sea star die-off along North America's Pacific coast, marking a significant breakthrough in understanding the mysterious disease. The discovery offers a chance to save these crucial marine creatures and restore balance to marine ecosystems threatened by overpopulated sea urchins.
Scientists identify bacteria behind sea star die-off after decade-long mystery
Scientists identified Vibrio pectenicida as the bacteria behind a deadly disease that killed billions of sea stars along the Pacific Coast since 2013.
Bay Area scientists work to restore sea star population devastated by pathogen
Scientists have determined the cause of an epidemic that has devastated a species of starfish, wiping out billions over the last decade, and a Bay Area team is at the forefront of an effort to restore their population.
Starfish Epidemic That Killed 5 Billion Is Finally Solved
Scientists have finally solved the mystery behind the devastating starfish wasting disease that has killed over 5 billion starfish across the Pacific Ocean since 2013. The culprit behind this massive starfish die-off affecting more than 20 species from Mexico to Alaska has been identified as a deadly bacteria called Vibrio pentenicida,

Vibrio pectenicida Identified as Cause of Sea Star Wasting Disease Affecting Billions

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

Billions of starfish deaths traced back to bacterial culprit in largest marine epidemic

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

5 Billion Starfish Dead and Melting: Bizarre Ocean Plague Traced to Killer Vibrio Bacteria

For more than ten years, the Pacific Ocean has played host to a chilling marine mystery. Arms twist violently, limbs tear ...