The Canary Islands may represent the “missing link” in a global pandemic killing sea urchins. Sea urchins help build and maintain marine habitats in much the same way that large plant-eating animals ...

Everyone prepare to have your minds blown six ways to Sunday, because scientists have released another fascinating view of… sea urchins. This time around, they captured cross-sectional images of the ...

South of Tampa Bay, in Florida, wedged between a quiet neighborhood and a mangrove forest, custom-designed aquariums are home to thousands of sea-urchin larvae that tumble and drift through the water.

A sudden, unexplained mass die-off is decimating sea urchins around the world, including catastrophic losses in the Canary Islands. Key reef-grazing species are reaching historic lows, and their ...

With spikes as long as knitting needles, long-spined sea urchins may look like underwater villains, but their appetite for algae makes them the unsung heroes of Caribbean reefs. Courtesy of the ...

Cleaning sea urchins is a very simple operation; you will only need a specific tool: the sea urchin cutter. To know if they are fresh, pay attention to only one thing: they should smell of the sea.

Ravenous, brainless and covered with spikes, sea urchins have evolved to not be messed with. Off of the south coast of Oregon, one kind of urchin in particular, the purple sea urchin, is enjoying an ...

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Everyone prepare to have your minds blown six ways to Sunday, because scientists have released another fascinating view of… sea urchins. This time around, they captured cross-sectional images of the ...