The Oregon Coast Aquarium staff documented one adult and 24 juvenile sunflower stars — the largest measuring just six inches across.
NEWPORT, Ore. — Rare and “critically endangered” sunflower sea stars were discovered in Yaquina Bay in Newport. A total of 25, according to the Oregon Coast Aquarium.
This is the most documented in one place since populations were destroyed by Sea Star Wasting Syndrome.
The sea stars were once common sights in the tide pools along Oregon’s coast. These days, the creatures are nearly extinct.
Around 2013, the mysterious illness SSWS tore through the sea star population all along the West
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