Deep below the surface of the ocean in the South China Sea, a robot named “discovery” searched the seafloor for life. Faxian, ...

In 2018, it discovered a new species of sea cucumber. While the robot was about 4,400 feet below the surface, a cylindrical figure appeared in the water, according to the study. It was about a ...

The sea cucumber’s color is “unique,” researchers said, and its smaller number of tentacles (15 compared to 18 found in other related species) sets the animal apart. The species earns its name from a ...

Researchers from China have conducted a year-long investigation into the impact of PV farms on sea cucumber aquaculture. Using the structural equation modeling (SEM) statistical technique ...

Researchers inside a deep-sea vehicle collected sea cucumbers from the seafloor, then discovered two new species. Jong Marshes via Unsplash Off the western coast of Australia, the Wallaby-Zenith ...