After shocking die-off, Oregon sea stars stage an epic comeback

All good outbreaks run their course. A community perishes or perseveres. And purple sea stars (Pisaster ochraceus) off the Oregon coast have picked survival. They’re mounting an epic comeback, after a sea-star wasting disease decimated the marine animals in 2014. It’s no secret that the condition triggered the biggest sea star die-off along the West Coast in recorded history.