KANAGAWA--In Japan, researchers are feeding vegetables to hungry sea urchins - a popular sushi ingredient - to try and stop them from eating dwindling stocks of ocean seaweed. The country is ...
We zip through cypress groves, scour the horizon for the dragon-like exhales of gray whales, scuttle down rocks like crabs and then we find it: orange starfish in tight knots, pink boulders with ...
Want to help California’s kelp forests? Eat sea urchins. Want to help California’s kelp forests? Eat sea urchins. To save kelp forests, scientists try breeding sea stars To save kelp forests ...
But now the mysterious decline of a key species of sea urchins poses a new threat, sparking fears this precious habitat will be increasingly choked up by fast-growing green algae. The effects on ...
Considered a delicacy in several parts of the world, sea urchin, or uni in Japanese, is prized for its unique flavor. But the cost of the gonads — the orange tongues found inside an urchin ...
Research from the University of Newcastle published in Frontiers in Marine Science suggests sharks might have a particular taste for urchins. Sea urchins are regarded as a pest in Australian ...