Expert laments sea stars melting away from wasting disease
Sea stars in the waters off British Columbia that died off in the billions about a decade ago are not recovering as expected, an expert says.
Alyssa Gehman
A billion tidal creatures likely baked to death in B.C. heat wave
The heat and the stench was staggering after masses of mussels, barnacles, clams, hermit crabs and starfish cooked to death at a number of Lower Mainland beaches, says biologist Chris Harley.
Once abundant sunflower sea star now critically endangered
The International Union for Conservation of Nature listed the sunflower sea star as critically endangered last week based on a population study led by Oregon State University and the Nature Conservancy in partnership with a coalition of more than 60 researchers and institutions.
Sea stars under siege from ocean epidemic and climate change
The once common treasures of the tidal pool are at risk of being eradicated along the Pacific coastline from a deadly combination of disease and warming oceans due to climate change, says biologist Alyssa Gehman.