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projects to save #SunFlowerSeaStars and the #KelpForest

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Save Kelp Forest by #saving #SunflowerSeaStars

Perhaps buy some of their #Merch for gifts to self, friends, family?

Or #Volunteer #Donate$

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A Deadly Pathogen Decimated Sunflower Sea Stars. Look Inside the Lab Working to Bring Them Back by Freezing and Thawing Their Larvae For the first time, scientists have cryopreserved and revived the larvae of a sea star species. The breakthrough, made with the giant pink star, gives hope the technique could be repeated to save the...

A Deadly Pathogen Decimated Sunflower Sea Stars. Look Inside the Lab Working to Bring Them Back by Freezing and Thawing Their Larvae #Science #Biology #Ecology #SunflowerSeaStars #Conservation #MarineBiology

Sunflower sea stars are back on the Oregon Coast. #oregoncoast #saltyraven #seastars #sunflowerseastars #goodnews

🐙 Creating Living Seas: Pacific Northwest Edition 🪼

The countdown is on! In just over a week, #LivingSeas opens, and we’re giving you a sneak peek at the chill, vibrant waters of the #PacificNorthwest. Home to creatures like the #GiantPacificOctopus, #jellies and #SunflowerSeaStars!

🎆🌿 Culling #seaurchins can offer short-term relief for #kelpforests, but it’s not a sustainable solution.

Without natural predators like #seaotters and #sunflowerseastars to keep urchin populations in check, these spiny grazers rebound fast, leading to repeated kelp loss. 🌊🦦

📸: Laura Tesler