urchin

This summer, the urchin bait has been FishTok’s breakout star.

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

Ora King salmon crudo was dressed in passionfruit aguachile with Tabasco oil, while a uni carbonara used creamy sea urchin in place of guanciale, finished with smoked trout roe.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2026

From 2005 to 2019, managers attempted biological control measures to reduce urchin numbers, but these efforts ultimately did not succeed.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2025

Aggo gave an urchin a copper for a skewer of honey- roasted mice and nibbled them as he rode.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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

"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

A recent study published in Frontiers in Marine Science reports that, over the past four years, a previously unrecognized pandemic killing sea urchins worldwide has also struck the Canary Islands.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2025

Several grubby urchins stood around a bushel basket on the table, clutching winter apples.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss