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 ...

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.

it’s difficult to monitor such rapid extinction events in the vast underwater environment. We are terrestrial creatures, and some reefs are located in deep or remote areas. If we miss the mortality ...

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