More than 99% of California’s sunflower sea stars vanished, now scientists have found a mysterious colony that could help revive dying kelp forests
- A decade ago, more than 99% of sunflower sea stars vanished from the depths of the ocean.
- Now, the discovery of a long-lost colony of these organisms is offering new hope for the region's kelp forests.
- Sunflower sea stars, known as Pycnopodia helianthoides, may look like an aesthetic and purely decorative feature on the ocean floor, but they are ferocious predators.
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- A decade ago, more than 99% of sunflower sea stars vanished from the depths of the ocean.
- Now, the discovery of a long-lost colony of these organisms is offering new hope for the region's kelp forests.
- Sunflower sea stars, known as Pycnopodia helianthoides, may look like an aesthetic and purely decorative feature on the ocean floor, but they are ferocious predators.
Sources: Times of India