This video chronicles the growing process of cucumbers, detailing the challenges encountered at day 45 when the first three cucumbers rotted simultaneously. To improve the health of the remaining ...

Researchers have shown that gonadotrophs, cells in the pituitary gland with a key role in puberty and reproduction, come from two different populations, with the majority produced after birth rather ...

Microplastics have been found in marine animals across Singapore's coastal areas in a new study, with researchers discovering ...

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 ...

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

consuming the sea cucumber’s gonads. This doesn’t kill the host but can interfere with its reproduction. These parasitic interactions highlight the diverse survival strategies employed by pearlfish, ...

In Malaysia, The Ritz-Carlton Langkawi in Kedah is doing its part for the ocean with a unique sea cucumber reproduction project – the only one of its kind in the country. Sea cucumbers are ...

Animals in this group are known as echinoderms and include sea cucumbers, sea lilies ... In 1875, German zoologist Oscar Hertwig was the first person to observe sexual reproduction at the cellular ...

it was implemented with success the induction to reproduction on H. arguinensis under different conditions (Domínguez-Godino et al. 2015) and larvae and juveniles were maintained. In addition to ...

But there are also parasite species that "eat the sea cucumber's gonads," Parmentier added. "It does not kill the host but it can disturb its reproduction." Melissa Hobson is a freelance writer ...