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 ...
The sunflower sea star can be found throughout intertidal and subtidal coastal waters of the northeast Pacific Ocean, from Alaska to at least northern Baja California, Mexico. Sea urchins appear to ...
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 ...
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Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the ecological balance in the oceans and the ongoing climate change crisis. They have identified Vibrio pectenicida as the cause behind ...
Before 2013, divers on North America's west coast rarely saw purple sea urchins. The spiky animals, which are voracious kelp ...
(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) ...
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