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Photos: Pizza-sized Sunflower Sea Stars successfully spawned at Birch Aquarium
KSWB articles via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSAN DIEGO — Three Sunflower Sea Stars that are about the size of a pizza were successfully spawned...
Rare sunflower sea stars spawn at California aquarium. See the ‘pizza-size’ creatures
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThree critically endangered sunflower sea stars have spawned as part of a complex project at a...
Sunflower sea star, once a common sight off Oregon Coast, proposed for federal protection
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGovernment officials proposed Wednesday to list the sunflower sea star, once a common sight on the...
Colorful, 24-legged predators could save marine ecosystems on the West Coast
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA giant sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) walks across the reef underwater in Point Dume...
25 endangered sunflower sea stars discovered in Yaquina Bay on Oregon Coast
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 12 months agoTwenty-five critically endangered sunflower sea stars were discovered in Yaquina Bay this month — a...
‘Unprecedented’ find on Oregon coast offers ‘glimmer of hope’ for endangered sea star
Tacoma News Tribune via Yahoo News· 12 months agoStaff from an aquarium were searching an Oregon bay for fish and invertebrates when they spotted...
‘Pizza-sized’ creatures are close to extinction — but now there’s hope, aquarium says
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMore than a decade ago, a “mysterious illness” hit the sunflower sea star population. The disease,...
'It just sort of breaks your heart'
The Daily Astorian, Ore. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNov. 28—Scientists along the West Coast are calling for immediate action to aid the recovery of sunflower sea stars, which have seen catastrophic population declines over the past decade. Experts ...
Babies of near-extinct sea star species hatched by San Diego Zoo in scientific first
KSWB articles via Yahoo News· 6 months agoScientists with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance made science history after dozens of larvae of a...
Scientists call for action to help sunflower sea stars
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoScientists along the West Coast are calling for action to help sunflower sea stars, among the largest sea stars in the world, recover from catastrophic population declines. Experts say a sea ...
