Join me in conversation with Melanie Prentice, research associate at the University of British Columbia and the Hakai Institute, and one of the lead researchers who helped unravel the mystery of the Sea Star Wasting Disease. In this conversation we particularly focus on the magnificent sunflower sea star, Pycnopodia. As the wasting disease spread up the pacific coast from California to Canada, more than 90% of these amazing sea stars were wiped out in epidemic proportions. We will talk with Melanie about her role in this groundbreaking discovery, the creativity that happens inside the lab, the ecological importance of the sunflower sea stars as a keystone species and what comes next.The conversation on this episode is part of my 2025 artist residency at Willapa Bay, on the coastal peninsula of Washington State.  Thank you Willapa Bay Artist in Residence for gift of time and expansive studio space, and for inviting me to be in residence this August session.

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