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SSWD has killed billions of sea stars—representing over 20 different species from Alaska to Mexico—since 2013. Grant Callegari/Hakai Institute https://www.sunflowerstarlab.org/news/sunflower-stars-cryopreservation monthly 0.5 2025-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/1536ee90-57e9-4489-ab45-74fd96822f42/SSL+Cryo+Babies-13+%281%29.jpg Star Stories - Breakthrough in Sea Star Cryopreservation - Make it stand out A larval giant pink star is suspended in a water droplet emerging from a pipette. Courtesy of Patrick Webster https://www.sunflowerstarlab.org/news/sunflower-stars-spawniversary-ssl monthly 0.5 2025-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/2113efbe-08e5-42ae-9bec-9034fd29d11f/IMG_0434.JPG Star Stories - The Stars Align at Our Spawniversary - Make it stand out Starfather Vince Christian gives a tour of SSL’s Laboratory to Spawniversary Guests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/0dcf625b-145e-45a4-a3c0-89990018cbdb/IMG_0440.JPG Star Stories - The Stars Align at Our Spawniversary - Make it stand out Laboratory Technician Mariana Jimenez gives a tour of SSL’s wet table to starfriends at our Spawniversary celebration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/59e6068f-4af8-4925-91ad-97d01d6a6e15/IMG_0408.JPG Star Stories - The Stars Align at Our Spawniversary - Make it stand out Local artist and starfriend Madison McKay poses with a collection of art and jewelry at her table during the artist market at the spawniversary. https://www.sunflowerstarlab.org/news/cupid-cohort monthly 0.5 2025-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/45398900-e25d-4805-aca3-8ce036fdae68/Sunflower+Star+Spawning+System Star Stories - The Cupid Cohort Turns One - Make it stand out Birch Aquarium’s sunflower star spawning system, decorated for a Valentine’s Day spawning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/f718abdc-ce14-4039-9eb1-431f5fec3529/Sunflower+Star+Spawning Star Stories - The Cupid Cohort Turns One - Make it stand out A female Pycnopodia begins to release her eggs, as a scientist is at the ready to collect. Photo credit Ashley Kidd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/815089a5-e606-406f-8079-000ec553f53f/Early+settled+sunflower+stars Star Stories - The Cupid Cohort Turns One - Make it stand out Early settled sunflower stars. First picture showing full grown purple urchin spines and tube feet, larger than the stars at the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/4e3c50b6-e848-42d2-9263-452d0f50f86c/Pycno.jpg Star Stories - The Cupid Cohort Turns One - Make it stand out One of the Cupid Cohort, almost a year after the spawning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/1739508095725-X989TFDROCP32V9PLXFU/Olive%2B08-24.jpg Star Stories - The Cupid Cohort Turns One - Olive 8/23/34 about 2 cm wide Olive the sunflower star with 8 full arms and the ninth growing measures 2cm next to a ruler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/1739508126073-DZWTUZ2EBRF56DS98VX4/Olive%2B9-24.jpg Star Stories - The Cupid Cohort Turns One - Olive 9/20/24 about 4 cm wide Olive the sunflower star with 9 full arms and two more growing measures 4 cm next to a ruler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/1739508144430-QQ048Y5LGDU3F8PL40LB/Olive%2B12-24.jpg Star Stories - The Cupid Cohort Turns One - Olive 12/16/24 about 8cm wide Olive the sunflower star with 11 full arms and 3 more growing measures 8cm next to a ruler. https://www.sunflowerstarlab.org/news/2024review monthly 0.5 2025-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/ddfabd5e-b34f-4b9b-b0a9-5850057f1929/Lab+Image+from+Behind+Larval+Rearing+Tanks.jpg Star Stories - Sunflower Star Laboratory 2024: A Year in Review - Make it stand out A view of Sunflower Star Laboratory’s Moss Landing facility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/1577c437-ece5-4c64-b021-14aa05c625d7/Sunflower+Star+Eggs.jpg Star Stories - Sunflower Star Laboratory 2024: A Year in Review - Make it stand out SSL’s Conservation Aquaculture Program Manager Ashley Kidd examines sunflower star eggs to see if they are fertilized during the 2/14/24 spawning event. Courtesy of Jordann Tomasek, Birch Aquarium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/cae9a9b1-eb71-404f-bb89-1954d3ae308f/Juvenile+Pycno.jpg Star Stories - Sunflower Star Laboratory 2024: A Year in Review - Make it stand out A juvenile sunflower star crawls along the face of a rock in its tank at SSL’s conservation aquaculture facility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/587d4ea9-6642-43fb-ad8a-5e5bb1cf0e35/SAFE+Partners.png Star Stories - Sunflower Star Laboratory 2024: A Year in Review - Make it stand out International participants and hosts of the Echinoderm Academy pose for a group photo on the Friday Harbor Laboratory dock during their workshop. Thanks to our sponsors who covered all workshop fees to make the workshop accessible to all. Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium / Paul Selvaggio, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/fd008cef-e6d7-40c5-9e84-c4a96d51d710/IMG_1943.jpg Star Stories - Sunflower Star Laboratory 2024: A Year in Review - Make it stand out Andrew Kim and Mariana Jimenez after adding additional protective measures for stars and humans in response to the nearby lithium ion battery storage facility fire in Moss Landing - an exciting week 2 on the job. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/67b9a0aa-dc92-427f-bc00-28ee8103dfde/Intern+Farewell.jpg Star Stories - Sunflower Star Laboratory 2024: A Year in Review - Make it stand out Lab volunteers and interns wish Minorities in Aquaculture intern Melissa Andrade farewell. https://www.sunflowerstarlab.org/news/sunflower-star-cannibalism monthly 0.5 2025-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/ad707781-aa58-48d5-acf2-6bbef5b785a9/Hannibal+little.jpg Star Stories - A Cannibal’s Tale - Make it stand out Introducing Hannibal the Cannibal weighing in here at an extremely active and fuzzy 1.8cm. Photo courtesy of Joe Paquin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/11c9440a-8523-474b-953b-9bd2fda0cc7d/K9-20-24_2.jpg Star Stories - A Cannibal’s Tale - Make it stand out Hannibal hunts down brine shrimp while a lab volunteer tries to measure him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/d48228ea-b041-4f4f-bcc1-cba86546fb45/adler-9590.jpg Star Stories - A Cannibal’s Tale - Make it stand out Hannibal next to his name tag and a juvenile purple sea urchin, soon to be prey. 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While over 22 species were impacted by this disease, sunflower stars were especially susceptible, with populations plummeting throughout much of their southern range to the point that researchers believe they are functionally extinct in those areas. 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/69de3896-3e51-4479-a0f9-993b04dbafac/large+pycno+on+rock.jpg Gallery A Sunflower Sea Star clings to a rock in Washington, courtesy of Starfriend Paul Selvaggio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/b168dd78-936e-41b1-bcb1-0fa670043dfa/pycno+2+crab+shell.jpg Gallery A Sunflower Sea Star scavenges a crab in Washington, courtesy of Starfriend Paul Selvaggio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/60aef0aa-a425-448d-b9c4-0ecd89f7a371/sunflower+star+arm.jpg Gallery A Sunflower Sea Star raises its arm, exposing its podia, at Friday Harbor Laboratory, courtesy of Starfriend Paul Selvaggio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/98d6d93a-0a9f-4fc7-9b50-e628b04ed5bc/sunflower+star+arms.jpg Gallery A Sunflower Sea Star clings to the side of an enclosure in Friday Harbor Laboratory, courtesy of Starfriend Paul Selvaggio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/cf3457ad-044a-41bf-8e34-7336ac78796e/pat+webster+star+on+star.JPG Gallery A brittle star clings to the head of a sunflower star prowling the sea floor, courtesy of starfriend Pat Webster, @underwaterpat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/ec22f2b3-7e0f-43eb-8d21-710b938a6afe/_D856667.jpg Gallery Purople urchins swarm a kelp holdfast, courtest of starfriend Sage Ono, @sageonophotography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/164de8a4-590d-4a52-ade2-96c19de27d29/_D856876.jpg Gallery A gaggle of purple urchins munch the holdfast and stipe of a kelp sporophyte, courtesy of starfriend Sage Ono, @sageonophotography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/7da9104e-f115-410e-9958-f81aac36e407/_D856921.jpg Gallery Purple urhcins munch throw a series of bull kelp stipes, courtesy of starfriend Sage Ono, @sageonophotography 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Courtesy of Reuven Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62215bce41ec3a06ecd8c169/5fdfaee0-e16a-4496-a831-b757215f29b2/sunflower+star+juvenile.jpeg Gallery Hannibal, a juvenile sunflower star at Sunflower Star Laboratory's conservation facility, crawls along a rock on our wet table. 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