Researchers have identified Vibrio pectenicida as the pathogen responsible for the devastating sea star wasting disease, ...

In 2013, a mysterious epidemic turned billions of sea stars between Mexico and Alaska into goo. Now we know why ...

Scientists have found Vibrio pectenicida causes sea star wasting, a disease devastating Pacific starfish and threatening marine ecosystems.

In 2013, starfishes in North America were turning into goo, with it being the largest epidemic ever seen in a marine species.