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 ...

In a historic move, Aboriginal groups from Lismore to Eden have formed an alliance to push for recognition and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A continuing study from Tel Aviv University has found that the deadly epidemic discovered last year, which has essentially wiped out Eilat's most abundant and ecologically significant sea urchins, has ...

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 ...

What you can see in this YouTube clip is very different from most of the underwater footage that you will come across online. It features a diver picking up sea urchins using a metal tool and breaking ...