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Sunflower sea star

Sunflower sea star nearly wiped out by virus in B.C., Washington waters: report

There was once a galaxy of sunflower sea stars in the Salish Sea off the B.C. and Washington state coasts, but a new study says the animal's near disappearance from the ocean floor should be of...