The sunflower sea star may receive federal protection. Photo courtesy National Park Service. SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — While Sebastian the crab may have tried to convince Ariel that life under the sea was ...

Their disappearance, combined with a massive marine heat wave called “the blob,” set off a cascade of catastrophic ecological changes that turned these kelp biodiverse hot spots into vast sea urchin ...

A healthy sunflower sea star is seen on the seafloor in 2014. (Photo by Ed Gullekson/Washington Department of Fish and WIldlife, provided by NOAA Fisheries) One of the world’s largest sea stars is on ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- The prevalence of Phomopsis stem canker first showed up in South Dakota's sunflower fields last fall. Tours in eastern Hughes County the first week in October made clear the canker ...

DEADWOOD, S.D. -- New research shows how regional changes can influence the yield on a particular sunflower hybrid -- either for better or worse. The study is especially important because of the shift ...

BISMARCK, N.D. | The National Sunflower Association says a common sunflower disease has been found in fields across the Dakotas after a wet planting season. The group says downy mildew was been found ...

Once a common delight of every beachcomber, sunflower starfish — the large, multi-armed starfish sometimes seen underwater at the near shore — are imperiled by disease and ocean warming along the West ...

Sept. 26 (UPI) --Great access to sunflowers and their pollen could help keep vulnerable bee populations pathogen-free. In experiments carried out by researchers at North Carolina State University and ...

GRAFTON (AP) - Officials are optimistic about research projects to address diseases in sunflowers. But they're less bullish about the threat from blackbirds. Larry Kleingartner, executive director of ...

My research group has a 2,500 square-meter experimental maize trial growing in a farm in South Africa’s Free State Province, near the location of one of the southern hemisphere’s biggest agricultural ...

One of the world’s largest sea stars is on track to receive Endangered Species Act protections. Federal regulators announced Wednesday that they are proposing a threatened listing for the sunflower ...