Scientists have solved the mystery of what killed over 5 billion starfish off the Pacific coast of North America.

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

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

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

More than a decade ago, a mysterious illness killed billions of sea stars, particularly along the North American Pacific ...

Sea star wasting disease has devastated starfish populations in North America, driving some species to the brink of ...

An estimated 5 billion sea stars have died due to a sea star-wasting disease in oceans around the world. A team of ...

Some five billion sea stars have been killed by a mysterious "sea star wasting disease" in the last decade. Scientists finally figured out what's causing it.

What is the sea star wasting disease? Over a decade, sea stars have been disappearing and researchers finally know why.

One hundred seventy nine Vibrio cholerae non-O1/non-O139 strains from clinical and different environmental sources isolated in Brazil from 1991 to 2000 were serogrouped and screened for the presence ...

Number of flesh-eating bacteria cases rises in Florida. Here's how to protect yourself The Florida Department of Health is reporting that there have been more cases of Vibrio Vulnificus in Florida.