These spiny or slimy ocean creatures display an astonishing diversity of appearances, behaviors and lifestyles—and many are ...

He points at it excitedly as he swims back up. Waziri Mpogo diving in his sea cucumber ranch on Mafia Island. Image by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay. Mpogo holds the undulating cylinder above the surf ...

Top Row: Joni Hanebutt, RLS Photo, Orlandin / Bottom Row: NOAA, Orankucing, Ethan Daniels, E2Dan Few animals seem less animal-like than sea cucumbers. The long, slender beings often appear ...

Recently, there’s been a surge in fascination towards supplements derived from sea cucumbers because of their presumed health benefits. These supplements are constructed by dehydrating the body ...

For years now, organized crime groups in Japan have been pilfering sea cucumbers from the ocean. Due to the fact that they’re relatively easy to catch and can fetch decent prices as a delicacy or ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — About 35 Okinawa civilian and U.S. military leaders met Friday in a promised forum at this Marine Corps base to discuss cooperative measures to stem criminal behavior by U ...

Three persons apprehended for illegal harvesting of sea cucumber. Three persons have been arrested yesterday over illegal collection of sea Cucumber from northern waters. The detection was made during ...

Sea cucumbers use their regenerative powers for survival, too. Some species spit out their guts though their mouths, “which might be a way to get rid of pollution,” Uthicke says.

They recorded an abundance of arthropods such as shrimps and crabs, as well as sea cucumbers, mollusks, and, perhaps unsurprisingly, the hyper-durable tardigrade, which can survive some of the ...

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 ...

Junglia Okinawa, a new theme park scheduled to open in July in the village of Nakijin in northern Okinawa Prefecture, is hiring 1,500 workers prior to the opening. Most of its employees moving to ...