spiny

From tree stumps and rocks, the spiny reptiles basked and watched as wooden fences subdivided the landscape.

On California’s North Coast, where other urchin nemeses — like otters, spiny lobsters and sheephead — are lacking, 96% of the region’s kelp forests vanished in the decade following the sea star collapse.

Two Southern California men were fined in excess of $60,000 each and had their fishing licenses permanently revoked for poaching abalone and spiny lobsters off the coast of Catalina Island.

Scientists discovered a new species of spiny mouse - named after the especially stiff guard hairs found on their coats, which function similar to the spines of a hedgehog.

“Then make sure to cool it immediately to prevent holdover temperature from overcooking the spiny little beast!”