Bringing back sunflower sea stars, which are functionally extinct in California, could help restore kelp forests off the ...

A giant starfish, known as a gray sea star, was spotted recently crawling around a Port Aransas beach and viewer Christine shared a video with our sister station, KHOU 11. "So, bigger in Texas is no ...

Starfish are a keystone species and had kept populations of sea urchins in check, which in turn allowed kelp forests to grow.

Year round this same species can be found all along the West Coast, from Baja California to Alaska. But in 2014, a disease nearly brought them to extinction here.

A biggie is understanding more about the nature of sea star wasting disease and how to build resilience to it among the starfish. Depending on how everything shakes out, Eddy surmises stars could ...

Life originated in the ocean and there are many more major groups of animals there than on land! For example echinoderms (starfish, urchins, etc.) only occur in the ocean. Despite this, there are far ...

Authorities are investigating whether a mass wash-up of dead cockles at a popular holiday destination south of Adelaide is ...

SAN DIEGO — Starfish — also known as sea stars — are native to San Diego, but about a decade ago, their population was nearly wiped out along the entire West Coast. CBS 8’s Jenny Day ...

The star, Pycnopodia helianthoides, reaches one metre in diameter and has as many as 24 arms. But it disintegrates in a few ...

The greater Kalaloch beach area, which Ruby Beach is a part of, is also a safe haven for thousands of species of marine ...