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

Predators of sea cucumbers include fish, crabs and turtles. They are also enjoyed as food by people in parts of Asia, especially China, where they are considered a delicacy. This species is known by ...

The missing body parts are quickly regenerated—an ability which makes them an interesting model animal in regenerative medicine. Some deep-sea species of cucumber are even able to use a forceful ...

Sea cucumbers are unique among echinoderms in not having a hardened calcium exoskeleton, and in their capacity to regenerate damaged or lost body parts and viscera to a much greater extent than ...

Chinese dishes sometimes include sea cucumbers, either dried, chopped, drizzled in sauce, or deep-fried. Secondly, understanding the creature's ability to re-grow body parts, a super power ...

how to regenerate body parts. Sea cucumbers are the champions of organ regrowth because they direct their wound healing abilities towards restoring their organs, according to research published in ...

Others . . . they get a bit hungry. They’ll start feeding on various parts of the sea cucumber, including the gonads, which isn’t as bad as it sounds. Once the gonads are gone it can grow new ...

A small team of marine scientists and chemists at the University of the Philippines, The Marine Science Institute, has found that a type of sea cucumber found locally may have biomedical applications.

Welsford’s words hint at what officials hope the sea cucumber becomes: a gelatinous spokesmonster for a campaign to protect parts of the Southern Ocean from the nets and lines of deep-sea fishermen.

In both instances, they neatly regenerate the discarded body parts. And when the sea cucumber Chiridota laevis senses a bite or tear, it pinches off the injured body part within 30 seconds.