A sea cucumber larva floats freely through the water. When it reaches adulthood, it will develop its signature elongated shape. Angel Fitor Mating copepods. Rather than insert an organ ...

or by caging corals with and without sea cucumbers inside the cages. In both experiments, corals near sea cucumbers were strikingly less likely to become diseased and die. Sea cucumbers are the ...

The sea cucumber is an important animal to the islands of Palau. Many ecological systems depend upon it as a food resource. The sea cucumber's eggs are a primary food source for many other sea ...

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 ...