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Sea star wasting disease — which causes them to lose their arms and disintegrate into goo — killed off 90 per cent of ...

A new study identifies the cause of sea star wasting disease, offering hope the animals can come back and perhaps even help ...

By the end, the starfish is nothing more than a puddle of goo.

Researchers have identified the cause of the wasting disease that has killed billions of sea stars from Mexico to Alaska ...

Researchers have identified the cause of the wasting disease that has killed billions of sea stars from Mexico to Alaska ...