Eventually, the team hopes for a return of these stars to Monterey Bay, where they can help maintain kelp forests, which are ...

The mysterious disease, called sea star wasting disease, has persisted at low levels in most areas in Monterey Bay and continues to kill sea stars. Sunflower sea stars prey on urchins, helping ...

due to an ailment known as sea star wasting disease. In their absence, purple urchins surged in population and chewed through entire undersea forests of bull kelp, which are the foundation for a ...

A sea star wasting disease event, beginning in 2013, reduced the global population of sunflower sea stars by an estimated ninety-four percent. In Northern California, the disease killed 99.2% of ...

Eelgrass, a type of flowering seagrass found in temperate zones around the world, provides habitat for many species, protects ...

With the first-ever case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in the Georgia, here's what the The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has to say about the disease. What is Chronic Wasting ...

Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has confirmed the first-ever case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in the state. The disease was found in a hunter-harvested deer in Lanier County. The ...