Their disappearance, combined with a massive marine heat wave called “the blob,” set off a cascade of catastrophic ecological changes that turned these kelp biodiverse hot spots into vast sea urchin ...

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I watched in horror as a terrible storm in the Mediterranean dashed a ship against a rocky coast, forcing its crew and ...

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Sea urchins are ecosystem engineers, the marine equivalent of mega-herbivores on land. By grazing and shredding seaweed and ...

We recreate a dangerous ocean moment using a realistic fake foot. This experiment helps us understand what happens during a sea urchin accident. Instead of risking injury, we choose a safer way to ...

One wrong step was all it took. Hidden beneath the waves, a sea urchin delivered a sting sharp enough to end any perfect ...

The sea otter pup was tiny, probably less than 2 weeks old, alone in Morro Bay on an October morning earlier this year. A ...

A sudden, unexplained mass die-off is decimating sea urchins around the world, including catastrophic losses in the Canary ...

The Canary Islands may represent the “missing link” in a global pandemic killing sea urchins. Sea urchins help build and maintain marine habitats in much the same way that large plant-eating animals ...