A sea star may look a little flattened ... a relatively short reaction time that indicates it is on the mend. As a species, leather stars tend to weather the wasting disease well.

THAI marine conservation officials have used thermal imaging equipment mounted on a drone to capture footage of a leatherback sea turtle, the world’s largest turtle species, coming to shore to ...

VANCOUVER—Former Vancouver Canucks defenceman Willie Mitchell and Tofino, B.C. photographer Jeremy Koreski caught a rare glimpse of an endangered leatherback sea turtle off B.C.’s coast on a ...

The sunflower sea star—which can span more than three feet ... Bat), the Minnesota Zoo (Rainbow), and the Aquarium of the Pacific (Leather). Their life spans are primarily based on observations ...

The researchers don't know why the sunflower was especially susceptible to the wasting disease while others, such as the leather sea star, seem to be thriving. Dr. Gaydos said it could be the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> California has added the Pacific leatherback sea turtle to its endangered species list, guaranteeing more protections for a rapidly dwindling population. The California Fish ...

and several other sea star species, including the spiny pink star, Pisaster brevispinus, also declined. Numbers of the less-common leather star (Dermasterias imbricata) and two species of sea urchin, ...

Investigator Chris Sasso with NOAA National Marine Fisheries applies a satellite tag to the rear end of a leatherback sea turtle shell found off Cape Lookout NC. CMAST photo An endangered ...

Around one o’clock Wednesday morning, an endangered leatherback sea turtle about half the size of a Volkswagen Beetle dragged itself ashore on Carolina Beach to lay its eggs in the sand. No one ...

A leatherback sea turtle made a rare appearance at North Carolina’s Cape Lookout National Seashore, the National Park Service reports. National Park Service photo A lumbering sea creature that ...

The researchers don’t know why the sunflower was especially susceptible to the wasting disease while others, such as the leather sea star, seem to be thriving. Gaydos said it could be the ...