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

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

SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity submitted a federal petition today calling for the sunflower sea star to be protected under the Endangered Species Act. Sunflowers, one of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...