Scientists are always baffled when odd animals show up in unlikely places, especially without a logical explanation. That is ...

The sunflower sea star is a big starfish — more than 3 feet across — that roams the ocean floor in orange, yellow and ... including several in the Bay Area and Monterey County.

The sunflower sea star is a big starfish — more than 3 feet across — that roams the ocean floor in orange, yellow and ... including several in the Bay Area and Monterey County.

The disease usually affects one species, Pisaster ochraceus, an orange and purple starfish that grows up to 20 inches wide and is a staple of West Coast tide pools. The starfish dine on mussels ...

Purple and orange starfish clutch the rocks ... Looking out at the rising tide on Eastsound, Harvell said, “This area has some of the highest biodiversity of sea stars in the world.

(Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group ... The sunflower sea star is a big starfish — more than 3 feet across — that roams the ocean floor in orange, yellow and purple. These invertebrates can ...