A devastating bacterium has decimated populations of sunflower sea stars, predators that play a crucial role in their ...

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

Scientists have identified Vibrio pectenicida as the bacteria responsible for the sea star wasting disease that has devastated populations along the California coast.

In 2013, a mysterious epidemic swept across the Pacific Coast of North America, rapidly turning billions of sea stars from ...

Scientists have found Vibrio pectenicida causes sea star wasting, a disease devastating Pacific starfish and threatening marine ecosystems.

A mysterious epidemic has wiped out billions of sea stars in recent years. A new study finally identifies the bacterium responsible.

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

Researchers have identified Vibrio pectenicida as the pathogen responsible for the devastating sea star wasting disease, ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of what killed over 5 billion starfish off the Pacific coast of North America.

Columbo, eat your heart out: A team of scientists has just solved a massive marine murder mystery, nabbing the culprit behind ...

Scientists identified bacteria causing sea star wasting disease that killed billions along Pacific coast ecosystems.

Between 5 billion and 6 billion sea stars on the West Coast have died, according to some estimates. The loss of so many led ...