GMGI Sequences the Genome of the Long-Lived Red Sea Urchin
The red sea urchin (Mesocentrotus franciscanus) is one of the earth's longest-living animals, reported to live more than 100 ...
The deadly pathogen that decimated sea urchins along the Red Sea coast has now spread to the Indian Ocean
An international team of researchers, led by scientists from Tel Aviv University, has discovered that the pathogen ...
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Caribbean and Indian Oceans Face Deadly Sea Urchin Plague
A scuticociliate parasite is causing mass die-offs of sea urchins across the Caribbean, Red Sea and Indian Ocean, leading to ...
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Only a third of Oregon’s kelp forests remain
It was fishermen, and it was specifically urchin divers. The red sea urchin fishery is the third largest shellfish fishery in Oregon. Sea urchin divers started coming in and reporting that these ...