For anyone else irritated by continuous teasing style of the article, it reveals the reason a bit past midway. > Now, in August 2025, after another year-and-a-

For anyone else irritated by continuous teasing style of the article, it reveals the reason a bit past midway. > Now, in August 2025, after another year-and-a-half of work confirming and reviewing their findings, Gehman and her team have published a peer-reviewed study in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution identifying Vibrio pectenicida, a saltwater-loving bacterium that works its way into sea star fluids, as the likely “dominant pathogen responsible for sea star wasting disease.” Gehman’s team has tracked down the killer.