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The base of the cape will offer views of sea stars, anemones, barnacles, and more.
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Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
With sunflower sea stars suddenly all but gone from their home range, sea urchin numbers exploded, and the hungry urchin hordes descended upon kelp forests.
—JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
From sea star wasting disease, more than 90% of the sunflower sea stars died along the entirety of North America’s west coast, from Baja to Alaska.
—Rebecca Vega Thurber, The Conversation, 26 Sep. 2025
Scientists, with the bacteria now identified, could potentially test which of the remaining sea stars are healthy and consider whether to relocate them, or breed them in captivity to later transplant them to areas that have lost almost all their sunflower sea stars.
—Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 18 Aug. 2025
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Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
With sunflower sea stars suddenly all but gone from their home range, sea urchin numbers exploded, and the hungry urchin hordes descended upon kelp forests.
—JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
From sea star wasting disease, more than 90% of the sunflower sea stars died along the entirety of North America’s west coast, from Baja to Alaska.
—Rebecca Vega Thurber, The Conversation, 26 Sep. 2025
Scientists, with the bacteria now identified, could potentially test which of the remaining sea stars are healthy and consider whether to relocate them, or breed them in captivity to later transplant them to areas that have lost almost all their sunflower sea stars.
—Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Sea star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20star. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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