With the help of methane-munching-microbes, these translucent sea spiders gobble up a potent greenhouse gas to stay alive.

Scientists discovered three new species of sea spiders that live near the ocean floor and feast on bacteria that convert ...

Though sea spiders have thrived for millions of years in a variety of marine conditions—in cold Antarctic waters, on deep ...

And, thanks to a discovery by a team of scientists, three more species have been added to the list of sea-dwelling arthropods − with the special distinction of being what researchers called ...

Spider-like creatures living near methane seeps on the seafloor appear to cultivate and consume microbial species on their bodies that feed on the energy-rich gas. This expands the set of organisms ...

Scientists have long sought to understand why sea spiders keep some of their most important organs in their legs.

Scientists have decoded the sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing how its strangely shaped body—with organs in its legs and barely any abdomen—may be tied to a missing gene. The detailed ...

It's not easy to look at a sea spider and see an animal so representative of its kind that it may help scientists sort out the evolution of almost everything with eight legs. But that's the ...

Scientists discover sea spiders living off methane-eating bacteria in deep-sea seeps, revealing new species and unique symbiotic survival strategies ...

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