A new study identifies the cause of sea star wasting disease, offering hope the animals can come back and perhaps even help ...

Purple sea urchins, beware: There’s a purple urchin-eating predator on the horizon — and its name is the sunflower sea star.

Keith Rootsaert, founder of the Giant Giant Kelp Restoration Project, shows the inside of a purple sea urchin that was culled from a kelp forest in Monterey Bay, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022.

Additional research is needed to test whether the presence of the sea stars would have a similar effect on the most destructive kelp eater in the region–the purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus ...

Upon reaching the seabed, each diver grabbed a spiky purple sea urchin, braced it against a rock and pulverized its center with a welding hammer — all in the name of saving giant kelp.

The Commission unanimously voted to amend the Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations for the Marine Zone, allowing a daily catch limit of 35 purple sea urchins per person.

Upon reaching the seabed, each diver grabbed a spiky purple sea urchin, braced it against a rock and pulverized its center with a welding hammer — all in the name of saving giant kelp.