This week, researchers at Friday Harbor Labs released 29 lab grown sunflower sea stars into an urchin hot spot near San Juan Island with the hope that they will help keep the urchin population in check. More on the project: https://www.washington.edu/news/2024/02/16/sunflower-stars/ | University of Washington News
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