As coral restoration practitioners work to repair the Keys’ most treasured reef sites, a first-of-its-kind sea urchin release hopes to keep those reefs in tip-top shape for new corals to grow. On Jan.

Purple sea urchins, beware: There’s a purple urchin-eating predator on the horizon — and its name is the sunflower sea star. That’s the plot line coming from a small upstart research facility in Moss ...

From kelp forests to sea grass meadows, these charismatic predators are quietly holding parts of the coast together.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several sea urchins with one cracked open showing the orange tongues inside - Noppawat Tom Charoensinphon/Getty Images Sea urchin ...

A blue groper eating a long-spined sea urchin fed to it by a diver. While it’s known that blue groper fish can eat long-spined sea urchins, the aim of this study was to reveal how often it happens in ...

What you can see in this YouTube clip is very different from most of the underwater footage that you will come across online. It features a diver picking up sea urchins using a metal tool and breaking ...

The sea urchin has long stood as an exemplary model for investigating embryogenesis and the intricate gene regulatory networks (GRNs) that dictate developmental processes. Studies in this field have ...

Nick DiGiovanni takes seafood freshness to its extreme by catching and eating a live sea urchin. The video follows the process from harvest to tasting with no delay in between. What is usually served ...

Lurking in spiny armor below the waves, sea urchin is a luscious and briny delicacy. And for folks who treasure the taste, what’s better than getting it straight from the source? Related Articles ...