Someday, optical communications and high-speed computing might owe their success to a little ocean creature: the sea urchin. Materials scientists have fabricated a photonic crystal using a piece of ...

Experience the art of preparing live sea urchin, also known as uni, in this detailed step-by-step guide. From opening the spiny shell to extracting the delicate roe, this video shows you how to handle ...

Materials researchers love sea creatures. Mother-of-pearl provokes ideas for smooth surfaces, clams inspire gluey substances, shark's skin is used to develop materials that reduce drag in water, and ...

You've probably spotted uni on Japanese menus or in high-end restaurants before. The edible portion of a sea urchin (it's technically the animal's, um, gonads, but don't let that deter you), it's a ...

Robert Sietsema is the former Eater NY senior critic with more than 35 years of experience covering dining in New York City. Sea urchin is the ingredient of the moment. While it was once confined to ...

I’ve long thought of echinoderms, a group that includes sea urchins, starfish, and sea cucumbers, to be among the most alien-like animals. I did not, however, think of them as their own little alien ...

Scientists and tidepool visitors have known for decades that sea urchins like to cover themselves up. They have tube feet in addition to their spines and each one ends in a suction cup. They pick up ...