Thousands of feet deep in the South Pacific Ocean, a pair of scientists piloted a submersible through the dark waters and scanned the seafloor. Some pale creatures with dozens of tentacles caught ...

Sea cucumbers, a diverse group of echinoderms, have emerged as a focal point of marine biomedical research due to their rich reservoir of bioactive compounds. Their body tissues and extracts contain a ...

Sea cucumbers are marine invertebrates found in every ocean around the world. There are over 1,700 known species, ranging from less than an inch to over 6 feet long. Although many have elongated, ...