Pink sea stars can dig up to 4 inches into the seabed for buried clams and then break them open. They are able hunters and often fight with the larger sunflower sea stars over food.

Beginning in 2013, sea star wasting syndrome spread along the west coast of North America, wiping out populations of species including sunflower stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides) and giant pink ...

A sea star wasting disease​ sparked a mass die-off from Mexico to Alaska, devastating more than 20 species and continuing ...

An estimated 95% of sunflower sea stars died during the 10-year epidemic After an estimated 5 billion sea stars died due to a wasting disease in oceans globally, scientists have identified the ...