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When sea star wasting disease appeared in 2013, Hewson’s lab took the lead on finding the microbe behind the epidemic.
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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
Soon, sea stars fell ill in Sitka, Alaska, then off the coast of British Columbia and San Diego, and eventually as far south as Mexico.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
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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
Soon, sea stars fell ill in Sitka, Alaska, then off the coast of British Columbia and San Diego, and eventually as far south as Mexico.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Sea star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20star. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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