Detached tissues from the sea cucumber's tube feet and feeding tentacles survived for more than three years, a find that ...

Chunks removed from the marine creatures more than three years ago haven't degraded and show signs of biological activity, raising questions about what it means to be alive ...

Sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea) are strange, cylindrical marine invertebrates closely related to sea urchins and starfish. They have no eyes, resemble a colossal chubby worm, and use their anus for both ...

Genome mining techniques have helped to explain how sea cucumbers produce defensive chemicals that enable them to fend off foes in the murky depths. Sea cucumbers are a food delicacy in south Asia ...

As the tide goes out at dusk, three men equipped with diving gear are walking into the open sea. A fourth one keeps watch to alert them if he sees police or witnesses. The divers are wading through ...

A Canadian scientist has found that amputated bits of flesh cut from scarlet sea cucumbers can carry on for years in a ...

They're a marine delicacy loved across Asia, but the humble sea cucumber is also proving to be a key ingredient in preventing diabetes, according to new research from the University of South Australia ...

A detached body part is supposed to decay and eventually die. However, scientists have now discovered a remarkable exception ...

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There’s plenty of weird stuff going on in the oceans. But here’s something I had never seen before: how a sea cucumber eats. The video is from 2017’s Blue Planet II but recently went viral again on ...