Researchers say they’re seeing signs of recovery in a species that fell victim to the world’s worst underwater pandemic: the ochre sea star, Pisaster ochraceus. Ochre star populations along ...

Earlier this summer, Kish led a group of 10 people out into the tidepools at Yachats State Recreation Site on the central ...

On the Oregon coast alone, ochre sea star populations declined between 50 and 94 percent. Read more. 58.4M Tons of Plastic Will End Up in World's Oceans Every Year By 2030; ...

Feb. 1, 2022 — Healthy-looking ochre sea stars have minimal genetic difference from those displaying symptoms of sea star wasting syndrome, say researchers who examined whether genetic variation ...

An ochre sea star with a Swiss army pocket knife for scale. This ochre found at Estero Bluffs State Park north of Cayucos on Dec. 22, 2022, ...

An ochre sea star with a Swiss army pocket knife for scale. This ochre found at Estero Bluffs State Park north of Cayucos on Dec. 22, 2022, ...

Harvell said ochre stars around the San Juan Islands are still about 70 percent below their pre-outbreak numbers. Other species, like the giant sunflower sea star, have not rebounded and are ...

The ochre sea star was pummeled over a large portion of its range. Along the Oregon coast, for example, the researchers note that populations underwent declines ranging from 50% to 94%.

The researchers added that the ochre sea star was pummeled over a large portion of its range. Along the Oregon coast, for example, the researchers note that populations underwent declines ranging ...

In Port Townsend, 12 ochre stars have died, while the illness eliminated a species from the tanks in Port Angeles. Both centers pipe in ocean water for their tanks.

CANNON BEACH, Ore. — Lisa Habecker almost missed the orange sea star right in front of her.

Beginning in 2013, a mysterious disease crippled sea star populations up and down the U.S. west coast. Over a matter of months, many sea star species died in record-breaking numbers, though Pisaster ...