Scientists call for action to help sunflower sea stars
Scientists along the West Coast are calling for action to help sunflower sea stars, among the largest sea stars in the world, recover from catastrophic population declines.
Scientists along the West Coast are calling for action to help sunflower sea stars, among the largest sea stars in the world, recover from catastrophic population declines.
Ecology
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(Phys.org) —Sea stars off the Pacific Coast are dying en masse at an "unprecedented" rate and geographic spread, and Cornell researchers are trying to find out why.
Ecology
Feb 18, 2014
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The iconic sunflower sea star has been listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature following a groundbreaking population study led by Oregon State University and The Nature Conservancy.
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Dec 11, 2020
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In a paper published Nov. 4 in the journal Current Biology, Zak Swartz, a postdoctoral researcher at Whitehead Institute, along with researchers in the lab of Whitehead Institute Member Iain Cheeseman and collaborators at ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 5, 2021
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It takes a bit of work to get brittlestars in the mood to procreate in captivity. They need to be well-fed, in total darkness and convinced the world is ending.
Plants & Animals
Feb 9, 2022
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Ocean acidification makes it harder for sea snails to escape from their sea star predators, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.
Ecology
Jun 29, 2016
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Your average sunflower sea star can munch through almost five purple sea urchins in a week, and they don't seem to be picky about the quality of their food.
Plants & Animals
Feb 22, 2023
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(Phys.org) -- How quickly can new species arise? In as little as 6,000 years, according to a study of Australian sea stars.
Plants & Animals
Jul 24, 2012
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The combination of ocean warming and an infectious wasting disease has devastated populations of large sunflower sea stars once abundant along the West Coast of North America in just a few years, according to research co-led ...
Ecology
Jan 30, 2019
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Emerging from a recent dive 40 feet below the surface of the Puget Sound, biologist Ben Miner wasn't surprised by what he found: The troubling disease that wiped out millions of starfish up and down the West Coast had spread ...
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