GUANGLU ISLAND, China — Sea cucumbers are like chickens, Cong Xuanzhi explained. He did not mean the taste. He was describing how sea cucumbers, the unlovely cousins of starfish and sea urchins, end ...

Off the coast of the Hawaiian Island of Kauai, an underwater metropolis bustles. Sea turtles glide lazily through the surf while schools of fluorescent yellow butterflyfish weave between ...

Sea cucumbers described as "dark maggots" have brought new life to fish farms in Hawaii. Kauaʻi Sea Farm, the Pacific American Foundation and the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) ...

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 demand has ...

Researchers in Norway are investigating commercial farming practices for sea cucumbers, which they say should be exploited as a raw ingredient for health products. Sea cucumbers have long been ...

A crowd surrounds David Anderson as he reaches into the large bin’s water. He slowly pulls a fine mesh material out of the bin to reveal … nothing. He pulls out another section of the mesh, and there ...

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