More than 950 species of sea urchins play a key role in reef ecosystems. As grazers, they naturally reduce algae cover and maintain the balance needed for coral to live in tropical waters.

This includes various groups of sea urchin, which by ste. advertisement. Sharks Go Absolutely Wild For Sea Urchins, ...

IT has long been known that certain littoral echinoids habitually cover the parts of their body that are exposed to light by fragments taken from their surroundings. Some have interpreted this as ...

Long-spined sea urchins are a crucial species in their shallow tropical environments, since they eat and keep algae populations in check that might otherwise threaten the survival of coral reefs.

The turquoise water of Hōnaunau Bay in Hawaii, an area popular with snorkelers and divers, is teeming with spiny creatures ...

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

The particular species of sea urchin affected is a well-known protector of coral reefs and the ... It seems to be heading east towards the tropical waters of the Coral Triangle that extends off ...

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.