JERUSALEM, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Israeli researchers have found a parasite is behind the mysterious massive death of sea urchins that endangers corals worldwide, according to a statement by Tel Aviv University (TAU) on Thursday.
In a new study published in the journal Current Biology, Israeli researchers found that the infection of scuticociliate, a parasite, caused the mass mortality of long-spined sea urchins in the Red Sea last year and those in the Caribbean in 2022.
