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

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 ...

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