Coastal Security Group seizes 100 kg sea cucumber in Nagapattinam, handed over to Forest Department for further action.

Sea cucumbers may appear slow and unassuming, but they have developed an incredible and unforgettable defensive strategy.

In a crackdown against marine wildlife trafficking, forest officials and Marine police seized around 150 kg of sea cucumbers valued at ₹4 lakh near Keechankuppam in Nagapattinam district on Saturday.

First Nations people started trading 'trepang', or sea cucumber, in the 1700s, and now these tiny marine animals may help ...

Scientists identified the mechanism by which a sea cucumber molecule inhibits sulfatase-2, an enzyme that’s often upregulated ...

Parasites of the sea cucumber species Holothuria atra have been thoroughly investigated, but those of Holothuria leucospilota have not.

Residents of Mafia Island in Tanzania don’t really eat sea cucumber; they call it jongoo bahari, or “ocean millipede” in Swahili. But sea cucumbers are a prized delicacy in East Asia, where ...

Scientists reveal how natural sugars in sea cucumber fight cancer growth, offering a safer, marine-based option for future cancer therapies.

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. On ...