Few animals seem less animal-like than sea cucumbers. The long, slender beings often appear motionless like the vegetable they resemble as they bask on the seafloor. They lack a brain, eyes or obvious ...

Sea cucumbers scrub the seafloor. Soon, they might scrub out cancer. A team of researchers from the University of Mississippi, Ole Miss, and Georgetown University has discovered a sugar compound in ...

Sea cucumbers, a diverse group of echinoderms, have emerged as a focal point of marine biomedical research due to their rich reservoir of bioactive compounds. Their body tissues and extracts contain a ...

OXFORD, Miss. – Sea cucumbers are the ocean’s janitors, cleaning the seabed and recycling nutrients back into the water. But this humble marine invertebrate could also hold the key to stopping the ...

The headless chicken monster is a type of sea cucumber. Many animals have acquired silly nicknames from amused humans. Raccoons are trash pandas. Snakes are danger noodles. Ocean dwellers aren’t ...

Sea cucumbers (Apostichopus japonicus) have been slowly disappearing from ocean floors over the last few decades, mostly due to overfishing for food and medicinal purposes. Despite their name, sea ...

MAFIA ISLAND, Tanzania — His white beard streaming in the turquoise waters, Waziri Mpogo dives under the surface a few hundred meters offshore of a palm-lined beach. Holding his breath, he heads for ...

LA PAZ, Mexico— Based on a new scientific analysis revealing alarming declines, the Center for Biological Diversity submitted an urgent petition today asking Mexican officials to protect the chocolate ...

North Korean dried sea cucumbers are being smuggled into China at premium prices despite UN sanctions, with demand rising ahead of Lunar New Year.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Calexico East Port of Entry (POE) successfully intercepted a traveler attempting to smuggle over 50 pounds of sea cucumbers concealed within a ...

These spiny or slimy ocean creatures display an astonishing diversity of appearances, behaviors and lifestyles—and many are increasingly threatened Katarina Zimmer, Knowable Magazine Sea cucumbers ...