Lawsuit aims to put sunflower sea stars on endangered species list

By: Yereth Rosen

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: June 23, 2026

Words: 877

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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An environmental group has sued the Trump administration over its failure to grant Endangered Species Act protections to sunflower sea stars, a keystone Pacific Ocean species that lost 90% of its population since 2013 to a wasting disease.

The Center for Biological Diversity, in its lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, accused the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of illegally delaying endangered and threatened listings for the …

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