Earlier this week, a scientist in the San Juan Islands tweeted: “Best day ever."
What triggered her joy?
Sea stars. Hundreds of healthy, colorful sea stars.
A few years ago, a mysterious disease started killing multiple species of sea stars along the West Coast at devastating rates.
This was concerning to scientists because sea stars are voracious predators — they are able to control populations of other sea creatures like mussels, clams and urchins.
But some sea stars in the Pacific Northwest appear to be recovering."
Source: KUOW, 05/03/2019
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