The ocean along the Mendocino Coast is not only beautiful, it’s also home to some fascinating creatures. Take the sunflower sea star: When it eats its preferred meal of a tasty purple sea urchin ...

They eat kelp and can create underwater deserts, pretty much empty of life. So to give the giant kelp a fighting chance, the urchins have to go. CRAIG JOHNSON: Let’s dump ‘em out. So this guy ...

How does it reproduce? What does it eat? How does it eat? What kinds of adaptations does it have that enables it to live in the kelp forest ecosystem? Where does it live within the ecosystem?