Sea cucumbers spend their lives prowling the ocean floor, scavenging for food and generally minding their own business. We can see snails leading similar lives, slimy but not bothering anyone. Yet ...

A large team of marine, molecular and genetic biologists affiliated with a number of institutions in China has conducted what they describe as a high-quality, chromosome-level genome assembly of the ...

Sea cucumbers are the champions of organ regrowth because they direct their wound healing abilities towards restoring their organs. The discovery that Holothuria glaberrima uses similar cellular ...

Object Details Expedition Smithsonian - Roebling Exploring Expedition to Cuba Ocean/Sea/Gulf North Atlantic Ocean Record Last Modified 6 Oct 2021 Site Number 129 Specimen Count 17 Collection Date 11 ...