Early life stages were affected in Atlantic cod, blue mussels, starfish, sea urchins and sea butterflies. But an experiment with barnacles showed they were not sensitive to acidification.
"Tens of thousands" of stranded starfish have been washed up on the ... A beach in Scotland saw a similar stranding of sea life last November following bad weather from Storm Arwen.
Thousands of small starfish washed ashore during low tide on Garden City Beach, S.C. in 2020. If you spend enough time on South Carolina beaches, you might encounter a sea creature stuck on the shore.
Unlike larger animals, smaller species like jellyfish, starfish, seahorses and sand dollars have little control over where the ocean takes them. “They’re not very strong swimmers, so they’re ...