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While many anglers will gently hover and twitch the urchin as a finesse-style bait, the young bass phenom and former Journal subject Dylan Quilatan has been fishing the urchin with a more aggressive approach.

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

“They have a rare species of sea urchin that you find nowhere else in the Archipelago. The spines are a foot long, and they turn red in the presence of predators.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Pros using urchins dominated early tournaments, which triggered a run on Coikes and a rush of urchin-style lures from brands like Rapala, Strike King, Yamamoto and Berkley.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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

Crinoids are part of the phylum Echinodermata which also boasts sea urchins and sea cucumbers.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

A recent study published in Frontiers in Marine Science reports that, over the past four years, a previously unrecognized pandemic killing sea urchins worldwide has also struck the Canary Islands.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2025

She played tag and grass ball with them and she pried prickly sea urchins off the rocks, to eat the sweet meat inside.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George