Purcell: The spikier the animals, the higher the price. Narrator: And of the 1,250 different species of sea cucumber in the world, the Japanese sea cucumber takes the cake. Purcell: Imagine some ...

The defense mechanisms animals use to evade or fight off predators can be both bizarre and fascinating. Some use camouflage ...

Their work, published in the Biodiversity Data Journal on June 26, describes a new type of deep-sea cucumber, a long, squishy animal with "pale pink violet" coloring and zig-zagging rows of 214 ...

Sea cucumber stocks are under intense fishing pressure throughout the world according to a new FAO report. Most high value commercial species have been depleted in the African and Indian ocean ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service found today that the imperiled black teatfish sea cucumber may warrant Endangered Species Act protection and potentially a trade ban. Overfishing ...

In Palmyra, the experiment had different coral species and different sea cucumbers, but they found similar results—suggesting a robust interaction. The experiment painted an alarming portrait.