A diver demonstrates the painful consequences of stepping on a sea urchin, revealing how its sharp spines penetrate the skin and the challenges of removing them. The video highlights the importance of ...

The oil used is 'special sea urchin scented butter oil.' The product contains 'Hobouni', a fish paste product that contains 8.5% sea urchin, which recreates the texture and taste of sea urchin.

In addition to posing a threat to swimmers, sea urchins in this popular snorkeling and diving spot in Hawaii are also harming ...

The black sea urchin is critical to maintaining a healthy reef habitat. Without them, algae grow unchecked, choking off corals and compromising the delicate balance of the reef ecosystem.

A mysterious epidemic that began in the Mediterranean at the start of the year looks set to wipe out all of the Mediterranean and Red Sea’s urchins, and possibly their coral reefs too.

Under the bright blue water of the Gulf of Aqaba on the Red Sea, the view is stunning. Expansive coral reefs teeming with life; colorful fish and invertebrates. But something crucial has gone ...

REUTERS/CORINNA KERN/FILE PHOTO. A dead black sea urchin is displayed at a laboratory in Tel Aviv University’s Steinhardt Museum of Natural History in Tel Aviv, Israel, in May 2023.

With the sea urchin, the researchers found that the eggs emit a peptide that serves the same purpose as the signals in a computer system. Sperm continually react to such signals, seeking to ...

Consider the sea urchin. Specifically, the painted urchin: Lytechinus pictus, a prickly Ping-Pong ball from the eastern Pacific Ocean. The species is a smaller and shorter-spined cousin of the ...

Sea Urchin Harvest is run out of Moruya, on the far south coast of NSW. (ABC South East NSW: James Tugwell) "You've got to have A-grade, really high-quality market produce.

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.