Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Few animals seem less animal-like than sea cucumbers. The long, slender beings often appear motionless like the vegetable they ...

Sea cucumbers' self defense trick could boost multi-million dollar industry. Genome mining techniques have helped to explain how sea cucumbers produce defensive chemicals that enable them to fend off ...

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 ...

The words coral reef evoke a riot of color and life, but the ecosystems are disappearing due to a barrage of threats. Now new evidence points to an ally in the quest to slow down coral die-off, 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 ...

The words "coral reef" evoke a riot of color and life. But the ecosystem's disappearing. Now, new evidence points to an ally for the coral reef: a little creature called the sea cucumber. The words ...