Exactly how much human-generated carbon emissions the world’s oceans can soak up—and how this is done—is a question scientists are still pondering, but it’s accepted that the deepest seas can be an ...

To get the scoop on the increasing allure of urchin and how to take the plunge into preparing it yourself, we talked to Brian Colgate, president and operations director of Santa Barbara Fish Market, ...

Along the Monterey Peninsula, “urchin barrens” with no kelp (foreground) are interspersed with remnant patches of kelp forest (background). (Photo by Michael Langhans) In 2019, researchers found a ...

The sea urchin is an invertebrate and the first example of a Deuterostome genome outside the chordates. The sea urchin fills a large evolutionary gap in sequenced genomes," said Weinstock. "It allows ...

With their pointy spines, sea urchins are not warm and fuzzy marine animals that people want to snuggle up to. While they are an essential part of the ocean’s ecosystem, they can puncture a person’s ...

The Red Sea's spectacular coral reefs face a new threat, marine biologists warn—the mass death of sea urchins that may be caused by a mystery disease. Because the long-spined creatures feed on algae ...

Two Walbunja divers who were facing jail time for cultural fishing are now training to be professional sea urchin divers as part of an Aboriginal-led sea country restoration plan on the NSW south ...

When Mya Breitbart heard that something was killing off sea urchins en masse, she thought: Oh no, not again. The long-spined sea urchin—a fist-size ball of black defensive spines—is a crucial and ...

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 ...

Sea urchin is moving up from the back roe. A delicacy long-prized in other areas of the globe, it’s now popping up on more and more menus in New York City, in everything from sandwiches to pizza. The ...

Considered a delicacy in several parts of the world, sea urchin, or uni in Japanese, is prized for its unique flavor. But the cost of the gonads — the orange tongues found inside an urchin — is steep.