The life cycle of a sea cucumber begins when eggs and sperm are released into the water, where fertilization occurs. The resulting larvae drift in the ocean as plankton before settling on the ...

Sea cucumber-derived extracts, especially saponins ... importance of sex-specific in vitro models for neurological research and drug discovery. Inventia Life Science, an innovator in 3D cell culture ...

But sea cucumbers can set you back over $3,000 a kilo ... if not to protect local economies and help develop potentially life-saving drugs, then at least to preserve a fascinatingly bizarre ...

At first, the footage could pass for a swath of sky that has suddenly become host to a flock of birds. Doves, perhaps. But ...

An curved arrow pointing right. On a recent expedition in the Mariana Trench, NOAA's Okeanos Explorer team spotted this sea cucumber and the unique way it swims. Produced by Grace Raver Footage ...

Researchers suggested follow-up surveys both for deep-sea sea cucumbers specifically and for exploring marine life in the region more generally. “Since many areas of the Pacific, including ...

During the extreme low tides of February, an unusual marine resident is being spotted in the seagrass beds on the backside of ...

Scientists in China have conducted a year-long study on six "aquavoltaics" farms hosting sea cucumber aquacultures under the solar panels. Due to the lower water temperature, the hibernation period of ...