The country’s first-ever festival dedicated to sea urchin, or more simply called uni in the culinary world, is taking place June 17th-19th in on the Mendocino Coast. As one of the biggest producers of ...

Researchers led by Chen et al. have discovered that the spines of the sea urchin Diadema setosum generate measurable electrical voltages when exposed to water flow, a finding that could reshape how ...

Ravenous, brainless and covered with spikes, sea urchins have evolved to not be messed with. Off of the south coast of Oregon, one kind of urchin in particular, the purple sea urchin, is enjoying an ...

Sea urchins receive a lot of attention in California. Red urchins support a thriving fishery, while their purple cousins are often blamed for mowing down kelp forests to create urchin barrens. Yet for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. Uni, or sea urchin, is a celebrated delicacy at sushi restaurants. “Uni is one of ...

A sea urchin is a study in contradictions: tenacious and spiky on the outside, vulnerable and velvety on the inside. With a beauty both fragile and fierce, it can burrow for decades into rock, but die ...

Off the Northern California coast, there is a crisis beneath the waves. The kelp forest – seaweed that provided habitat and food for much of life in the ocean – is gone, wiped out by an exploding ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. LiveScience Mushrooming carbon-dioxide levels are leading to caustic ocean conditions, but some species, like the purple sea urchin, ...

Along the Monterey Peninsula, “urchin barrens” with no kelp (foreground) are interspersed with remnant patches of kelp forest (background). (Photo by Michael Langhans) In 2019, researchers found a ...