{
  "id": 1240918,
  "title": "Billions of sea stars have died. A Northwest tribe is trying to save the species",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/billions-of-sea-stars-have-died-a-northwest-tribe-is-trying-to-save",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-16T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NPR",
    "slug": "npr",
    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/08/16/nx-s1-5928398/endangered-sea-stars-release-pacific-ocean"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sunflower sea stars are critically endangered in the Pacific Ocean. University of Washington researchers are working with the Samish Indian Nation to bring this 24-armed creature back from the brink of extinction.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}