Follow Our Changing World on Apple, Spotify, iHeartRadio or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Off the Tutukākā coast of Northland, the Poor Knights Islands marine reserve is world-renowned as a ...

Nature does it again! The natural world has a knack for giving us the blueprints for some useful technologies, and the humble sea urchin is the latest contributor. Scientists have designed a new class ...

Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert is in the Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA, and the Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, ...

Researchers led by Chen et al. have discovered that the spines of the sea urchin Diadema setosum generate measurable ...

In this video, someone appears to step directly onto a sea urchin with a bare foot, causing an instant shock reaction. The spines press into what looks like real skin, making it almost painful to ...

Important marine research is underway in Apollo Beach as researchers work to better understand the relationship between coral ...

Spiky on the outside, silky within, kina has long been treasured in Māori cuisine. As curiosity grows beyond those shores, here’s your guide to choosing, tasting and serving it properly. Kina dive at ...

Naturally occurring porous ceramic structure inside sea urchin spines can generate measurable electrical voltage in response to water contact.