The Palauan people use the sea cucumber to protect their feet when walking in the reef. They squeeze the sea cucumber until it squirts out sticky threads, which they put on their feet. Even though ...

The multi-rayed sea cucumber measured about 1 foot long and ... body with 17 “large” tentacles and 24 “robust” tube feet. Photos show the new species in its natural habitat and after ...

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 ...

Check out our stories here. The first new species was found at a depth of 20,987 feet, researchers said. Psychropotes diutiuscauda, or the longer-tailed sea cucumber, is “yellowish green” in ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean in the South China Sea, a robot named “discovery” searched the seafloor for life. Faxian, meaning discovery in Chinese, is a remote-operated vehicle submersible ...