PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After more than a decade of decline, Oregon and Northern California sea stars appear to be making a comeback. A baby boom of ochre sea stars is enabling the species to recover ...

Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic. Sea stars – often known as starfish – ...

Across the last decade, a startling event has happened involving sea stars. From Mexico to Alaska, sea stars have been found with signs of disease, including lesions, twisted limbs, and disintegrating ...

Divers along the Pacific coast once had ample opportunity to glimpse a now-rare undersea treasure: a sea star so massive, its two dozen arms could span more than 3 feet across. These manhole ...

How five proposed Trump Administration changes threaten protections for struggling species in the San Francisco Bay Area.

For the first time, scientists have cryopreserved and revived the larvae of a sea star species. The breakthrough, made with the giant pink star, gives hope the technique could be repeated to save the ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea slugs.

Researchers from the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds ...