urchin
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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
Her fossilized sea urchin, from a beach on the Red Sea, “responds by radiating its own inner joy at being found and loved too,” whispering: “We are two cyclical beings, each with their own story.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 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
“Forgive me. I forget, sometimes, that urchin talk isn’t universally fascinating.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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