However, new research finds that sea cucumbers are the only echinoderms—and among the only animals on Earth—that produce chemicals called triterpenoid saponins, which don’t poison the sea cucumbers ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean in the South China Sea, a robot named “discovery” searched the seafloor for life. Faxian, meaning discovery in Chinese, is a remote-operated vehicle submersible ...

The defense mechanisms animals use to evade or fight off predators can be both bizarre and fascinating. Some use camouflage or mimicry, while others have protective armor. Sea cucumbers ...

Just ask this guy, Steven Purcell, one of the world's foremost experts on sea cucumbers. Purcell: They're quite strange animals. They don't have any limbs, they don't have any eyes. They have a ...

The sea cucumber’s color is “unique,” researchers said, and its smaller number of tentacles (15 compared to 18 found in other ...

The sea cucumber is an important animal to the islands of Palau. Many ecological systems depend upon it as a food resource. The sea cucumber's eggs are a primary food source for many other sea ...

Rescuers capture a sick sea lion in Santa Barbara, California. Hundreds of animals have become ill from a neurotoxin, found in algae blooms, that causes concerning behavioral changes. Two ...

Sam Gao said he had already been concerned about U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods. But he wasn’t expecting China would also slap 25 per cent tariffs on ...

Researchers from China have conducted a year-long investigation into the impact of PV farms on sea cucumber aquaculture. Using the structural equation modeling (SEM) statistical technique ...

As the sea cucumber became trapped in the robot’s mechanical hand, researchers found its body to be “fragile” and thinly walled, according to the study. The animal’s skin was “glass-like ...