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

The baby sea stars, part of a critically endangered ... how to optimally raise the animals in captivity. A tiny sunflower sea star attached to a lid. (Sage Alexander) “Space and money is ...

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A new study suggests that cold-water fjords on British Columbia’s Central Coast could be a marine refuge for threatened sunflower sea stars, which have been hit hard by sea star wasting disease. But ...

MOSS LANDING >> Sunflower sea stars are nearly extinct in Monterey Bay. But at the Sunflower Star Lab in Moss Landing, a group of 1-year-olds are growing and thriving. On Valentine’s Day 2024 ...

The sunflower sea star is seen in the Burke Channel, one of the fiords in B.C.'s Central Coast. The species eats sea urchins, which have been blamed for eating kelp forests along the coast and ...

Photo of the sunflower sea star is available for media use. Credit: NPS Image is available for media use. The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, nonprofit conservation organization with ...

“They do eventually come to an end,” he says. Usually, that’s when really extreme changes occur. And when he looks at the ...

A team of oceanographers and marine biologists at the Hakai Institute, working with a colleague from the Central Coast ...

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 ...

Caption 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 ...

Since its collapse, California’s sunflower sea star population hasn’t meaningfully bounced back on its own. But in recent years, major strides have been made in breeding the animals in ...