Scientists discovered the 1-foot-long animal while aboard a submersible several miles deep in the Pacific Ocean. Take a look.

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 ...

These animals also play a vital role in oceans around the world, keeping the seafloor clean. Sea cucumbers come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors. These squishy marine animals can be as ...

Supporting sustainable harvesting practices and protecting their habitats are key to preserving the giant California sea cucumber for future generations. Also Read | Discover the 8 animals that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A sea cucumber excretes sediment out its back end. Credit: Cody Clements, Georgia Institute of Technology YouTube Video: 'Janitors’ of the Sea': Overharvested sea cucumbers play crucial role in ...

Across Asia sea cucumbers have long been a staple in peoples' diets, mainly in soups, stews and stir-fries, and demand for this homely undersea animal, echinoderms, is high. Countries like ...

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 ...

The amberfish has the highest rates of sediment processing ever recorded for a sea cucumber, with each animal cleaning at least 14 buckets of reef sand per year. The widespread loss of these creatures ...