Despite recent efforts by sea urchin harvesters to reduce protections for southern sea otters under the Endangered Species Act, the species is still at risk, federal officials say. The fuzzy marine ...
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 ...
HAWAII ISLAND (HawaiiNewsNow) - A popular area for snorkelers and divers on Hawaii Island has seen an explosion of sea urchins that are threatening to push the coral reef “past the point of recovery.” ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KSWB) — Scientists are taking drastic measures to rehabilitate the California coastal kelp after an extreme warm water event knocked the ecosystem out of balance. Scientists say ...
Thousands of sea urchins have mysteriously washed up dead on a French island in the Indian Ocean, leaving scientists perplexed. Around 5,000 urchins have washed up on the western side of Reunion ...
The turquoise water of Hōnaunau Bay in Hawaii, an area popular with snorkelers and divers, is teeming with spiny creatures that threaten to push the coral reef “past the point of recovery,” new ...
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 ...
My longtime boyfriend and I broke up a few years ago. Since then, I’ve barely touched another body. I don’t know why, exactly. Maybe it was the pandemic, middle age, fear — or all three. I used to ...
Beneath sea urchins’ exterior spines, rounded skeletons called tests are jewels of color, texture, and symmetry. There are hundreds of urchin species, and they’re found in every ocean on Earth, from ...