Sea Star

• Sunflower sea star population declining to the ‘point of extinction’: U.S. scientists

  Without the sea stars, sea urchin populations have exploded and caused decline in kelp forests that provide food and shelter to many aquatic species along the West Coast.

  Environment

  Dec 3, 2022
  
• New research may explain disease killing millions of sea stars off the Pacific

  Scientists are making some headway in figuring out what is killing millions of sea stars in the waters off the Pacific coast, from British Columbia to Mexico.

  May 4, 2014
  
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• Dead starfish washing up in local waters puzzle Vancouver aquarium staff

  Staff at the Vancouver Aquarium are scratching their heads over what is causing thousands of sunflower starfish to die in the waters of Vancouver Harbour and Howe Sound.

  Oct 3, 2013