A mysterious illness has killed billions of sea stars in the past decade. After a four-year search, scientists have uncovered ...

Researchers have identified Vibrio pectenicida as the pathogen responsible for the devastating sea star wasting disease, ...

Sea star wasting disease has devastated starfish populations in North America, driving some species to the brink of ...

In 2013, a mysterious epidemic turned billions of sea stars between Mexico and Alaska into goo. Now we know why ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of what killed over 5 billion starfish off the Pacific coast of North America.

A new study points a finger at a strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida, which belongs to the same genus as Vibrio ...

Scientists have found Vibrio pectenicida causes sea star wasting, a disease devastating Pacific starfish and threatening marine ecosystems.

Columbo, eat your heart out: A team of scientists has just solved a massive marine murder mystery, nabbing the culprit behind ...

In Nature Ecology & Evolution, a group of researchers reveal the cause of sea star wasting disease (SSWD). This discovery ...

A genetic analysis of the treated and untreated sea-star fluids revealed the presence of one key organism in the samples with the disease: Vibrio pectenicida.