urchin

I asked my son to give me a quote for this column, but I couldn’t find him, because that urchin was off fishing with an urchin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Usually nothing lives inside a blue hole, but cameras dropped inside the new discovery show small sponges, a species of urchin called large spatangoid, and diverse fish species.

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026

Ora King salmon crudo was dressed in passionfruit aguachile with Tabasco oil, while a uni carbonara used creamy sea urchin in place of guanciale, finished with smoked trout roe.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2026

From 2005 to 2019, managers attempted biological control measures to reduce urchin numbers, but these efforts ultimately did not succeed.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2025

“Excuse me, Miss. Have you seen my granddaughter, Mattie? She must be around here somewhere. Filthy little urchin, she is, wearing a grimy dress and a ragged cap.”

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Joey Jeffers, who co-owns the Thousand Islands Bait Store in Alexandria Bay, N.Y., told me he recently landed walleye on urchins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

The survivors, along with fish and echinoderms such as starfish and sea urchins, went on to dominate Earth's oceans, a pattern that continues today.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026

Sea otters are a keystone species in kelp forest ecosystems, eating sea urchins that would otherwise consume the kelp, according to the aquarium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

"In the supermarket, you find luxury products, sea urchins or Dom Perignon champagne, and vegetables have become extremely expensive," pushing some people to do their shopping in a neighbouring town.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

The street is empty but for a band of urchins crouching over some small treasure, and they scatter at our approach.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir