A similar disease had already decimated sea urchin populations in the Caribbean in 1983, with disastrous consequences for coral reefs. In 2022, the disease reappeared in the Caribbean, and in 2023 ...

The sea urchin Diadema setosum before (left ... aquariums at the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences and the Underwater Observatory in Eilat became infected and died.

With sea urchin populations collapsing at unprecedented rates ... but because we simply can’t treat them underwater,” said Bronstein. The team has put forward two main hypotheses for why the pandemic ...

After missing from the Oregon coast for more than a century, sea otters are getting a step ... crucial to restoring the state’s dwindling underwater kelp forests and controlling invasive sea ...

Just a few administrative details need to be worked out before kelp-killing purple sea urchins start getting hammered off the ...

Infected sea urchin in Réunion. Photo credit: Jean-Pascal Quod. Dr. Bronstein and his team are also working on 'underwater COVID tests' for sea urchins, allowing for early detection of the pathogen ...