Scientists say they’ve solved the mystery of what turned billions of Pacific sea stars into goo

science • 8/5/2025

Starting in 2013, a wasting disease caused a mass die-off from Mexico to Alaska, devastating more than 20 species.

In this photo provided by the Hakai Institute, a sunflower sea star is reduced to goo by sea star wasting disease at Calvert Island, British Columbia, Canada, in 2015. (Grant Callegari/Hakai Institute via AP) WASHINGTON — Scientists say they have at ... [3886 chars]