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 ...

Sea urchins are dying across the Caribbean at a pace scientists say could rival a mass die-off that last occurred in 1983, alarming many who warn the trend could further decimate already frail coral ...

Every summer, millions of people head to the coast to soak up the sun and play in the waves. But they aren’t alone. Just beyond the crashing surf, hundreds of millions of tiny sea urchin larvae are ...

With their pointy spines, sea urchins are not warm and fuzzy marine animals that people want to snuggle up to. While they are ...

During this dive, contact with a sea urchin causes an immediate injury. The incident happens quickly near the reef, where ...

Researchers alarmed by the proliferation of purple urchin that have decimated kelp forests along the north coast are experimenting with a somewhat more brute force tactic for getting rid of them - ...

Sea urchin is a delicacy in Asia, South America, Europe, and increasingly in California, where the uniquely flavored roe, or uni, is used in sushi, gourmet cuisine, and products such as sauces and ...

Nominated for one of the best fish tacos in U-T San Diego’s BEST Readers Poll, Poppa’s Fresh Fish Company is better known for serving live sea urchin at local farmer’s markets. Chris Cantore samples ...

Most humans experience some growing pains, but, for a young sea urchin, growing up means turning yourself inside out. New research explores the key role a familiar substance, histamine, plays in this ...

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 ...

Committed to trying to fulfill his pregnant wife’s unusual food cravings, a man has been diving into the ocean to retrieve fish for her. Louis Davis and his wife Ash Davis live in Northland, New ...

Every summer, millions of people head to the coast to soak up the sun and play in the waves. But they aren’t alone. Just beyond the crashing surf, hundreds of millions of tiny sea urchin larvae are ...