Purple sea urchins, beware: There’s a purple urchin-eating predator on the horizon — and its name is the sunflower sea star. That’s the plot line coming from a small upstart research facility in Moss ...

The sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) can be found throughout intertidal and subtidal coastal waters of the northeast Pacific Ocean, from Alaska to at least northern Baja California, ...

The kelp forests of central California, and particularly those within Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, have undergone interesting and, in some cases, dramatic changes in the past decade. Since ...

A quiet yet powerful rescue mission is underway in the cold waters off the Pacific coast. The nonprofit Sunflower Star Laboratory is leading the charge to revive the critically endangered sunflower ...

THERE HAS BEEN A SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH AND A LOCAL MARINE BIOLOGY LAB PLAYED A KEY ROLE. THE "SUNFLOWER STAR LAB" IN MOSS LANDING IS REPORTING ADVANCEMENT IN WHAT IS CALLED "SEA STAR CRYPTO ...

The sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) can be found throughout intertidal and subtidal coastal waters of the northeast Pacific Ocean, from Alaska to at least northern Baja California, ...

Before 2013, divers on North America's west coast rarely saw purple sea urchins. The spiky animals, which are voracious kelp eaters, were a favorite food of the coast's iconic sunflower sea stars. The ...

Stars of the Sea is a new exhibit at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Visitors meet sea stars such as the venomous crown-of-thorns and spider-like brittle stars and learn about how the nonprofit Aquarium ...

The kelp forests of central California, and particularly those within Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, have undergone interesting and, in some cases, dramatic changes in the past decade. Since ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Rebecca Vega Thurber, University of California, Santa Barbara (THE CONVERSATION) ...