A mysterious marine epidemic has erased billions of sea stars from North America’s Pacific coast. After more than a decade of unanswered questions, scientists have traced the disaster to a single bacterial species – an invisible predator reshaping entire shorelines. In its wake, sea stars erupt in lesions, shed their arms and melt away into ghostly remnants of their former selves. Continue Reading Category:Biology, Science Tags:Marine Innovations, Marine Biology, Ecosystem, Bacteria
