Long-spined sea urchins have emerged as an environmental issue off Australia's far south coast. Native to temperate waters around New South Wales, the urchins have expanded their range south as oceans ...

Australian scientists have found an unlikely accomplice in the fight against an exploding sea urchin problem that is stripping the continent's temperate reefs bare. The East Australian Current is ...

Longspined sea urchins are native to temperate waters around New South Wales. But as oceans heat up, their range has expanded more than 650km, through eastern Victoria and south to Tasmania. Their ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Latitudinal gradients in the strength of biotic interactions have long been proposed, but empirical evidence for the expectation of more ...

Purple sea urchins, beware: There’s a purple urchin-eating predator on the horizon — and its name is the sunflower sea star. That’s the plot line coming from a small upstart research facility in Moss ...

Pandemic killed off sea urchins in the Red Sea Linked to pathogen which kills fast and violently Sea urchins feed on algae that block out sun if unchecked Researchers warn pandemic heading towards ...

New research has uncovered a crucial clue to understanding the spread of "barrens" in the Great Southern Reef, which are threatening the reef ecosystem. "Barrens" are areas of low, or no, seaweed ...

They are members of the phylum Echinodermata, which first appeared during the Cambrian explosion. Their list of close relatives includes starfish, sand dollars (themselves irregular, flattened sea ...

A woman has captivated attention online after a surfing trip in February led to weeks of pain and immobility—and then surgery in March. Pilates instructor Christina Black, 40, was surfing in her usual ...