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| As climate warms, more outbreaks of disease for sea life | The shellfish pathogen that hit California鈥檚 Channel Islands in the 1980s began to quickly kill one of the tideland鈥檚 most important animals 鈥 black abalone. |
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| Mystery of why millions of star fish dissolved into goo off Pacific coast solved | Scientists have cracked the mystery of what has killed millions of sea stars in waters off the Pacific coast, from British Columbia to Mexico. |
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| Big Moon Jelly Blooms Tied to New Dock Construction | Jellyfish blooms have been making waves over the last few decades, with reports that conglomerations of these gelatinous creatures seem to be on the rise. Scientists debate whether blooms are becoming more common globally due to human activities or whether people are simply noticing them more as鈥 |
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| Farm tour highlights Skagit County鈥檚 diverse agriculture | An annual farm tour highlights Skagit County's diverse agriculture this weekend, with examples as varied as dairies, vegetable farming, alpaca wool, beef and shellfish. |
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| Program on sea star wasting disease kicks off series | A marine invertebrate expert will kick off the 2014-15 Discovery Speaker Series with a program Thursday on sea star wasting disease. |
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| Peninsula marine life centers losing sea stars to mysterious disease | Visitors to the North Olympic Peninsula's two major marine science centers are likely to see few sea stars. Sea star wasting disease, which has decimated wild populations, also is tearing through captive collections. The disease has accelerated this summer, said staff members鈥 |
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| Scientists Look for Causes of Baffling Die-Off of Sea Stars | Ben Miner picks his way over slick cobble on the shore of Bellingham Bay, in northwestern Washington. He has brought me to his study site here to show me something that has become increasingly rare on the west coast of North America: a healthy community of sea stars. He stops now and鈥 |
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| Shannon Point Marine Center gets new director | Shannon Point Marine Center鈥檚 new director has officially joined the team of researchers tucked away on a 78-acre forested campus with a 3,000-foot stretch of undisturbed shoreline. |
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| From Window magazine: 'Oceans in Peril' | |||
| Peninsula volunteers pitching in on sea star wasting disease research | The efforts of volunteers across the North Olympic Peninsula have been vital in recent months as scientists work to uncover the secrets of a mysterious affliction eating its way through sea star populations up and down the West Coast. 鈥淐itizen scientists鈥 have braved slippery rocks along鈥 |