Inside the spiky test are five corals of roe, sometimes called tongues—the sea urchin’s wobbly gonads. Karoline O.A. Pettersen Sea urchins with their skin and spines removed. Jennifer Steen ...

Considered a delicacy in several parts of the world, sea urchin, or uni in Japanese, is prized for its unique flavor. But the cost of the gonads — the orange tongues found inside an urchin ...

while other sea urchin species were present in 30%. Similarly, pink snapper consumed very few long-spined urchins (2.7% of fish), yet other urchins were present in 13%. "This tells us it's likely ...

HIRONO, Iwate Prefecture--Sea urchin are a culinary delicacy, but because their shells are often seen as too difficult or costly to recycle, they end up getting tossed out in bulk. But a local ...