By nurturing sunflower sea stars in captivity, researchers aim to one day restore a key predator to the Pacific Ocean.

The kelp forests of central California, and particularly those within Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, have undergone ...

Scientists are racing to save sea stars from extinction through breeding. Here's what they're learning about the different species—from arm-wrestling bat stars to bloodless blood stars.

A “rare” sea creature sighting was captured off the coast of California. During whale watching trips on Jan. 2, onlookers saw ...

The Solstice Sea Star Search along the California coast is an initiative ... Sea stars are often called a "keystone species." As predators in the intertidal food chain, they help keep the entire ...

Now, biologists have identified a new, furry ally in the fight against European green crabs: sea otters. At the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve in California, hungry southern ...

AND AN EVEN MORE UNIQUE SETTING A DISEASE CALLED "SEA STAR WASTING SYNDROME" KILLED OFF MOST OF ITS POPULATION FROM THE OPEN WATERS IN WESTERN AMERICA...BACK IN 2013 <APRIL RIDLON // MARINE ...