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 ...
Ecology
May 4, 2015
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Karina Brocco French explains that sea stars are like butterflies: They go through metamorphosis.
Plants & Animals
Apr 5, 2021
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A study led by a University of Texas at Arlington graduate student examining sea stars dying along the West Coast provides new clues about the starfish's immune response and its ability to protect a diverse coastal ecosystem.
Ecology
Jul 28, 2015
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In the slippery tide pools of Point Fermin in Los Angeles' San Pedro neighborhood, there are sticky green sea anemone, hard-shelled limpets, barnacles shaped like mini-volcanoes and small octopuses hiding between gaps in ...
Ecology
Nov 30, 2014
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Ancient rocks embedded in the West Antarctic ice sheet could help University scientists improve sea level predictions.
Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2011
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The 2013-2014 sea star wasting epidemic along the Oregon Coast may have been caused by multiple factors and had significant effects on the sea star population and its prey in the area, according to a study published May 4, ...
Ecology
May 4, 2016
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The culprit might be many microbes. Since 2013, a gruesome and mysterious disease has killed millions of sea stars along the West Coast from Mexico to Alaska—making the animals turn to goo, lose their legs, and pull their ...
Ecology
Nov 7, 2018
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Santa Barbara Channel's natural oil seeps are a beach-goer's bane, flecking the shores with blobs of tar. But the leaking petroleum also creates fascinating geologic and biologic features. About 10 miles off the coast of ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 13, 2023
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Kelp forests are a crucial California marine ecosystem. From kelp's floating canopies to its "holdfast" roots, the giant seaweed—algae, actually—supports greater biodiversity and sequesters more carbon than a redwood ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 11, 2021
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One of the most basic and crucial embryonic processes to unfold in virtually every living organism is the formation of hollow, tubular structures of various kinds. These tubes may form blood vessels or a digestive tract, ...
Evolution
May 9, 2023
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