Nature World: Researchers have identified the cause of an illness that is leaving starfish populations in shambles. The disturbing disease, which makes starfish lose their limbs and exude their own organs, is being caused by a newly discovered virus that is sweeping through invertebrates.
That’s at least according to a study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences which profiles the virus that has caused the largest die-off of sea stars ever recorded.
The die-off was first…

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