Scientists Find Answer to Sea Star Population Devastated by Pathogen Along the California Coast

Scientists Find Answer to Sea Star Population Devastated by Pathogen Along the California Coast

For years, a wasting disease has been turning sea stars to goo off the California coast. Scientists now finally know the cause, and are beginning to fight back. Whether it has over 20 arms like the sunflower sea star, or just 5, billions of Pacific sea stars were being wiped out by an unknown assailant. […] The post Scientists Find Answer to Sea Star Population Devastated by Pathogen Along the California Coast appeared first on Good News Network.

Scientists find culprit that is killing Pacific coast sea stars

Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic. Sea stars - often known as starfish - typically have five arms and some species sport up to 24 arms. They range in color from solid orange to tapestries of orange, purple, brown and green. Starting in 2013, a mysterious sea star wasting...