WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity sent a notice of intent to sue the federal government today for failing to act on a petition to protect black teatfish sea cucumbers under the ...

Their study, undertaken in remote tropical islands ... oceans. Sea cucumbers are invertebrate sea animals that come in all different sizes, colors, and shapes. They lie on and burrow under the ...

Sea cucumber stocks are under intense fishing pressure throughout ... However, Ecuador's Galapagos Islands, the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean, and Newfoundland in Canada are also hotspots for ...

Black teatfish live among tropical reefs and seagrass in the Indian Ocean, along the coasts of Africa and India and the islands in between ... trade restrictions for these and two other sea cucumbers ...