Pesticides and microplastics could drive a West Coast native animal to extinction and further harm marine life, according to ...

hold a sunflower festival for the community with food trucks and craft vendors. “It’s a sea of gold,” he says. After 10 days of blooming, the petals will start to droop and then break off ...

After sea star wasting disease wiped out more than 90 percent of the ocean's wild sunflower sea star population, divers brave ...

The sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides), a beautifully colored species in bright orange, yellow or purple hues, was the largest and fastest of the local sea stars, and with its 20-plus rays ...

Sea Stars from Mexico to the Pacific Northwest have been hard hit by Sea Star Wasting Disease. A survey by the UC Davis SeaDoc Society shows that in the Salish Sea, the impacts go beyond the ...

Since 2013, more than 20 sea star species from Mexico to Alaska have been affected by a sea star wasting disease. The sunflower sea star in particular, is among the worst hit. The outbreak has alarmed ...