The next breakthrough in cancer therapy could come from the seafloor, where sea cucumbers hold a secret solution. These ...

Sea cucumbers are the ocean's janitors, cleaning the seabed and recycling nutrients back into the water. But this humble ...

Ellen Goethel is a marine biologist and the owner of Explore the Ocean World Oceanarium at 367 Ocean Blvd. at Hampton Beach.

Astonishingly, the ocean teems with brainless creatures that thrive using instinct and nerve networks. Jellyfish, sea sponges ...

Despite what the name suggests, sea cucumbers are not vegetables. They’re a tube-shaped sea creature that has been an important part of Chinese cuisine for centuries. In fact, it has been ...

Despite being soft, squishy, and slow-moving, sea cucumbers (Class Holothuroidea) are surprisingly tough. They scavenge in harsh, rapidly changing conditions on the ocean floor, under the constant ...

It had to do with sea cucumbers — marine invertebrates that are distantly related to starfish but resemble soft pickles. Sponsor Message "They come in various shapes, colors and sizes," says ...

“The sea cucumber was not something special, until the prices began to rise a lot,” Cano, 47, told Noticias Telemundo. “Many people then came from other [Mexican] states and settled in ...

From their bizarre name to their blobby worm shape to the fact that its anus is also a mouth, sea cucumbers are some of the most outlandish things in the ocean. There are more than 1,700 species ...

Some lizards shed their still-wriggling tails to distract predators, but sea cucumbers take this sort of strategy to the next level. Some startled sea cucumbers shoot a silky — and sticky ...

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It’s that time of year again for the sea cucumber, that bottom-dwelling, tubular creature sought after by a select group of dive fishers throughout Southeast Alaska, the processors who buy them ...