Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 27 minutes ago

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In the 1980s, an unknown disease ravaged the long-spine sea urchin population throughout the Caribbean, Florida and Bermuda. The Florida Aquarium and University of Florida have teamed up to restore this vital herbivore to Florida’s coral reefs.

Thanks to our partners: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, MyFWC Florida Fish and Wildlife, FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, NOAA Fisheries Service, Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science.