HIRONO, Iwate Prefecture--Sea urchin are a culinary delicacy, but because their shells are often seen as too difficult or costly to recycle, they end up getting tossed out in bulk. But a local ...

California's offshore seafloors have been missing a massive, colorful predator that keeps kelp-munching sea urchins in check.

A mysterious disease nearly wiped out sunflower stars in 2013. But sunflower stars may once again dot the seabed, thanks to ...

South of the Bay, they’re also the dwellings of sea otters, which in turn protect kelp by feeding on urchins, cracking their ...

As kids, our mother made Christmas for us. She kneaded it into sweet raisin bread dough and imprinted it into the shortbread ...

Despite their low numbers, sea otters consume voracious kelp-eating sea urchins at a high enough rate that kelp forests continue to persist and provide habitat for numerous species. Without sea ...