Researchers hope to revive the population of sunflower sea stars in an effort to support kelp forests along the California ...

The sunflower sea star is a big starfish — more than 3 feet across — that roams the ocean floor in orange, yellow and purple. These invertebrates can grow as many as 24 arms, and they’re ...

Since 2013, 90% of the Pacific population of these sea stars has been lost to the gruesome and disfiguring sea star wasting disease. The disease outbreak is being driven by climate change, with warmer ...

SAN FRANCISCO— Following a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced today that imperiled sunflower sea stars may warrant protection under the ...

Currently the sunflower sea star is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and is classified as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The species ...

The sunflower sea star is a big starfish — more than 3 feet across — that roams the ocean floor in orange, yellow and purple. These invertebrates can grow as many as 24 arms, and they’re ...

Currently the sunflower sea star is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and is classified as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The species ...

IM ARIANA ARAIZA KSBW ACTION NEWS 8 THE LABORATORY... LOCATED IN MOSS LANDING.... HOSTS TOURS O Sunflower sea stars are a type of starfish, endangered from the open waters, and now they’re being ...