Around the same time, a marine heat wave arrived and warmed the water for years, stunting kelp growth and reproduction. Sunflower sea stars — the giants of sea stars, with up to 21 limbs — eat sea ...
The final week of the year will bring low tides to San Diego's coastline, giving tide poolers one more chance this month to ...
Uni, or sea urchin, is a precious culinary delicacy at sushi restaurants and beyond. However, its population overgrowth is ...
Lacking natural predators and able to survive long after food sources are diminished, purple sea urchins are devastating kelp ...
Sea urchins are kelp’s main predators and love to chomp on kelp’s leaflike ... Malnourished, their reproductive organs stop developing, which is the only part of the urchin that predators eat. No ...
For the last decade, California's offshore seafloors have been missing a massive, colorful predator that keeps kelp-munching sea urchins in check. The sunflower sea star is a big starfish—more ...
SAN FRANCISCO — For the last decade, California’s offshore seafloors have been missing a massive, colorful predator that keeps kelp-munching sea urchins in check. The sunflower sea star is a ...
Marine scientists will be working with coastal industries, communities and Tasmanian Aboriginal communities on a ...
(Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) For the last decade, California’s offshore seafloors have been missing a massive, colorful predator that keeps kelp-munching sea urchins in check. The sunflower ...