Uni, sea urchin roe, is prized for the vivid blast of pure ocean flavor that is released as it melts into the tongue. When heated, the sea urchin melts into a kind of slightly buttery, subtly briny ...

“The customary thing to do when you open one of these is just to drink the juice, kind of do a shot,” says Portland, Oregon-based chef Jacob Harth, as he slurps the juice from a purple sea urchin that ...

Few things unite Pacific Northwest culture, economy and ecology like food. And at the center of the Northwest food scene are the ingredients themselves. Home to hundreds of commercial crops and edible ...

The country’s first-ever festival dedicated to sea urchin, or more simply called uni in the culinary world, is taking place June 17th-19th in on the Mendocino Coast. As one of the biggest producers of ...

Purple sea urchins have eaten 95 percent of the underwater forests along California’s Mendocino Coast. Here's how you can help. In recent years, purple sea urchins have proliferated along California’s ...

A healthy forest of giant kelp, in Monterey Bay. (Photo by Michael Langhans) In this urchin barren in Monterey Bay, grazing by purple sea urchins has removed kelp and other algae from the rocky reef. ...

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 ...

Sea otters maintain the balance of kelp forest ecosystems by controlling populations of sea urchins, which are voracious kelp grazers. Since 2014, however, California's kelp forests have declined ...