Without predation pressure from sea otters, urchin populations can multiply exponentially, creating what scientists call “urchin barrens”—vast underwater areas stripped of kelp and dominated by dense ...

When sea otters control sea urchin populations, kelp forests expand and increase their capacity for sequestering atmospheric carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas contributing to global warming. These ...

RAW SEA URCHIN: We headed to the rocky beach, where the sea urchin guy was retrieving them from the water and eating some of them raw. He used a knife to slice it in half, cut off all the spines ...

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Some coastal wolves in Alaska, U.S., have toxic levels of mercury in their bodies after shifting from a terrestrial diet of deer and moose to a marine diet heavy with sea otters, new research ...

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in response to a request under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended, from the U.S. Coast Guard, propose to issue regulations for the ...

The Sea of Remnants trailer shows the puppet-like characters and art style, and more. In Sea of Remnants, shape the fate of your city and its citizens, sail the high seas, ...

The word “urchin” derives from a 14th-century word for “hedgehog.” Like their terrestrial namesakes, sea urchins are known for their spines, which are flexible and strong and serve ...

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Traffic through the Suez Canal is down about 60 percent since 2023, even after Trump-ordered attacks on the Houthis and now a cease-fire.