Sea urchin or uni is definitely an acquired taste. But, what part of this unique shellfish are you actually eating when you ...

Kelp forests are underwater thickets of algae that keep the world’s oceans rich with biodiversity. And scientists just ...

Sea urchin stings can be painful and can lead to infection. They are not usually dangerous, but a few species have a toxin that can have fatal consequences. First aid steps include removing the ...

Sunflower sea stars — the giants of sea stars, with up to 21 limbs — eat sea urchins. In their absence, the sea urchin population proliferated. Sea urchins eat kelp, and the explosion in their ...

Restoring underwater kelp forests by culling overgrazing sea urchins would deliver significant financial benefits, a new ...

A sea-borne pandemic that wiped out sea urchin populations in the Red Sea has spread and is taking out the species in parts of the Indian Ocean and could go global, scientists in Israel say.

sea-urchin haul She lent me a custom-made tool and showed me where to look, how to measure my take, how to lob the urchin into a mesh bag underwater. I pried the urchins from their perches.

The new species has so far only been found in False Bay, South Africa, where it was discovered attached to the burrowing sea urchin Spatagobrissus mirabilis in coarse gravel at a depth of around ...

In 2025, 43 of these valuable licenses were granted to sea urchin fishers, ... "The reason we set up resource management rules is to prevent the species from disappearing," said Piton.

The potentially new species, which have yet to be officially confirmed, include a sea urchin, starfish and a squat lobster. The findings will be submitted to the Ocean Census , which promotes the ...