Purple sea urchins, beware: There’s a purple urchin-eating predator on the horizon — and its name is the sunflower sea star. That’s the plot line coming from a small upstart research facility in Moss ...

If you’re just starting out in Dave the Diver there’s likely a long list of things you can’t interact with or overcome. Purple Sea Urchin is a fine example of an ingredient you’ll find early and often ...

Off the Northern California coast, there is a crisis beneath the waves. The kelp forest – seaweed that provided habitat and food for much of life in the ocean – is gone, wiped out by an exploding ...

Oregon has lost two-thirds of its kelp forests since 2010. Efforts to remove hundreds of thousands of purple urchins might ...

A sunflower sea star may be about to snack on some sea urchins in California. Brent Durand/Moment via Getty Images Before 2013, divers on North America’s west coast rarely saw purple sea urchins. The ...

Shailene discovers how abalone and purple sea urchin are being sustainably harvested. Shailene Woodley pays a visit to The Cultured Abalone Farm where she meets with General Manager and Partner Doug ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission has adopted changes to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) regulations concerning sea urchins, following a virtual meeting ...

When thinking about forests being endangered by human activity, most people would immediately think of the rainforest. Below the ocean surface, there’s another type of forest is in danger: the kelp ...

Before 2013, divers on North America's west coast rarely saw purple sea urchins. The spiky animals, which are voracious kelp eaters, were a favorite food of the coast's iconic sunflower sea stars. The ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Rebecca Vega Thurber, University of California, Santa Barbara (THE CONVERSATION) ...