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

At several locations in the archipelago, this population boom was so intense that it led to extensive urchin barrens.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2025

Yama Seafood Uni – The first time I tried uni — sea urchin — was at Shiro’s in Seattle.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 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

There are those who argue urchins are a triumph of packaging, their boxes and tubes designed to look like toy store collectibles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 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

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

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

I gave one to Rontu and on the way back to the canoe gathered purple sea urchins to use for dyeing.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell