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Scientists Still Searching for Cause of Sea Star Die-Off

KQED News Staff

Jan 16, 2015 at

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For a couple of years now, a virus has been attacking sea stars along the West Coast. The creatures are breaking out in lesions, turning to mush and dying. Scientists are calling it the "sea star wasting syndrome." A group of researchers in Santa Cruz are studying the outbreak.

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