The world's oceans are facing a silent but devastating threat. An international team of researchers has identified a pathogen responsible for the mass mortality of sea urchins, which are essential ...

An international team of researchers, led by scientists from Tel Aviv University, has discovered that the pathogen responsible for the mass deaths of sea urchins along the Red Sea coast is the same ...

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 ...

Local tribes and nonprofits have received a grant to lead the planning effort to bring back the furry mammals, which have ...

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

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 ...

Two underwater sea lilies were eaten and regurgitated around 66 million years ago. They were preserved as fossilized vomit.

Infected sea urchin on Reunion Island. Photo credit: Jean-Pascal Quod.

This can be attributed to the 10000% increase in purple sea urchin numbers. We decided to make an underwater vacuum with custom aeration technology and size sorting capabilities. The ergonomic device ...