A sea urchin wearing a 3D printed cowboy hat. A sea urchin wearing a 3D printed cowboy hat. Wilson Souza Emma Verling, who holds a doctorate in marine ecology from University College Cork ...

Arbacia punctulata, the purple-spined sea urchin, is native to the western Atlantic ... which is comprised of five hard plates that move together like a beak, to scrape food off the rocks.

Look, we know this sea turtle's prosthetic beak has a tragic backstory, but it sure makes the reptile look like it has a future as a badass pizza-loving mutant. According to 3D Printing Industry ...

With its ability to grow to as big as three feet across, armed with up to 24 limbs covered with tiny suction tubes, the ...

(Photo by Michael Langhans) In 2019, researchers found a forest of bull kelp growing on a deep reef that had been a sea urchin barren the previous year. (Photo by Patrick Webster) A diver conducts a ...

It's very hard to kill a purple sea urchin. Starve it for years, and it will fall dormant on the ocean floor, devoid of any flesh — just an empty, spiky shell awaiting its next meal. They're ...

As coral reefs struggle to adapt to warming waters, high levels of pollution and sea-level rise, ballooning sea-urchin populations are threatening to push some reefs in Hawaii past the point of ...

When we visited, a lone young sea urchin remained in the tanks that once hosted dozens. But these creatures are the kind that can only survive in large numbers. “When you see an individual ...

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 ...

HIRONO, Iwate Prefecture--Sea urchin are a culinary delicacy, but because their shells are often seen as too difficult or costly to recycle, they end up getting tossed out in bulk. But a local ...