A sudden, unexplained mass die-off is decimating sea urchins around the world, including catastrophic losses in the Canary ...

TEL AVIV >> A sea-borne pandemic that wiped out sea urchin populations in the Red Sea has spread and is taking out the species in parts of the Indian Ocean and could go global, scientists in Israel ...

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 ...

Sea urchins are ecosystem engineers, the marine equivalent of mega-herbivores on land. By grazing and shredding seaweed and ...

For 20 years, fishers from the district of Marcona, on Peru’s southern coast, have been recovering populations of red sea urchin, thanks to an alliance with the government. According to a monitoring ...

Sea urchins are ecosystem engineers, the marine equivalent of mega-herbivores on land. By grazing and shredding seaweed and seagrass, they control ...

Now, scientists report that a sudden and widespread collapse of sea urchins has reached the Canary Islands. A new study shows that a previously unrecognized global sea urchin pandemic has devastated ...

GLOUCESTER, Mass., Jan. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The red sea urchin (Mesocentrotus franciscanus) is one of the earth's longest-living animals, reported to live more than 100 years without showing ...

The spiky red sea urchin is among the longest-living creatures on Earth, having a lifespan of more than a century with no signs of aging or cancer, researchers say. To unlock the genetic underpinnings ...

Scientists in Israel claim that the sea-borne virus which decimated sea urchin populations at the Red Sea is now destroying the species throughout the Indian Ocean. The sea urchin species that was ...

On Dec. 11, the California Fish and Game Commission voted to extend the closure of the recreational red abalone fishery for ...