New research has uncovered a mass die-off of sea urchins living in the Canary Islands—one that could signal an ongoing marine pandemic. Reading time 3 minutes An apocalyptic serial killer of sea ...

The mass mortality event was documented in the Canary Islands Researchers now fear that the pattern observed in the Canary Islands mortality event will also emerge in other regions around the world, ...

A sudden, unexplained mass die-off is decimating sea urchins around the world, including catastrophic losses in the Canary Islands. Key reef-grazing species are reaching historic lows, and their ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Washington Rep. Marie Glusenkamp Perez wants to explore more lethal removal options for sea lions. She joined a House Committee on Natural Resources hearing on Wednesday, where ...

An ocean-mining company has funded some of the most comprehensive scientific studies of the deep seabed to date, and peer-reviewed results have begun to emerge. A collage of foraminifera, a kind of ...

It used to be thought that sea urchins only had a primitive nervous system, but new research has found that they are far more complex than that. The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are ...

The pointy shell of sea urchins hides a remarkably complex neural network that resembles the brains of vertebrates, new research suggests. Reading time 2 minutes When it comes to taking hardcore ...

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Early sea urchin embryos can be split into two, and each half can develop into a complete individual. In other words, they can produce identical (monozygotic) twins—a phenomenon known as regulative ...

Seas around Japan about 5C warmer, research shows Fish, seafood catch hit by climate change, boosting prices Household spending on food highest in 43 years Climate change on central bank's radar due ...

A mysterious illness has killed billions of sea stars in the past decade. After a four-year search, scientists have uncovered the culprit: a bacterium known as Vibrio pectenicida. The team reported ...