Researchers have identified Vibrio pectenicida as the pathogen responsible for the devastating sea star wasting disease, ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of what killed over 5 billion starfish off the Pacific coast of North America.

In 2013, a mysterious epidemic turned billions of sea stars between Mexico and Alaska into goo. Now we know why ...

Scientists have found Vibrio pectenicida causes sea star wasting, a disease devastating Pacific starfish and threatening marine ecosystems.

Deaths from vibrio, a bacteria that thrives in warm saltwater, spiked this month in North Carolina, according to public health officials. There have been eight deaths in North Carolina from the ...