What is the sea star wasting disease? Over a decade, sea stars have been disappearing and researchers finally know why – A marine epidemic that has killed over 20 different species of sea stars from Alaska to Mexico — the largest ever documented — has been happening over the past decade. Scientists have long sought the culprit and have finally identified it, according to a new study in Nature Ecology & Evolution…
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