Biologists thought that marine heat waves lowered urchin reproduction only at lethal temperatures. A new study shows ...
It is well known that predators often influence the foraging behaviour of prey through the so-called “fear effect”. However, it is also possible that predators could change prey behaviour indirectly ...
A sunflower sea star may be about to snack on some sea urchins in California. Brent Durand/Moment via Getty Images Before 2013, divers on North America’s west coast rarely saw purple sea urchins. The ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Rebecca Vega Thurber, University of California, Santa Barbara (THE CONVERSATION) ...