GOLETA, Calif. — Draped atop pillows of sushi rice or displayed in its forebodingly spiny seven-inch shell, the ubiquity of red sea urchin at high-end sushi restaurants and raw bars is a symbol of ...

A sea urchin is a study in contradictions: tenacious and spiky on the outside, vulnerable and velvety on the inside. With a beauty both fragile and fierce, it can burrow for decades into rock, but die ...

Spiky on the outside, silky within, kina has long been treasured in Māori cuisine. As curiosity grows beyond those shores, here’s your guide to choosing, tasting and serving it properly. Kina dive at ...

The Pacific purple sea urchin's appetite for kelp threatens marine ecosystems along the California coast as it ravages the "lungs of the ocean."... Transforming the 'Roombas of the ocean' into ...