CALS Prof Drew Harvell backs call for Congress to support efforts to understand massive Pacific coast starfish die off.

“This is a start, and you’ve got to start somewhere. … “I’ve certainly done a lot of soul-searching about this: Why should people care about starfish when we’ve got some really huge human-related issues internationally? ISIS is just one small example, and poverty and food issues. But you know, starfish are sentinels about conditions in our oceans, which are a huge economic interest to us. Starfish are special.”