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

A recently published study explores the relationship between sea spiders and bacteria. Discover more and meet one of the ...

Eight legs, thousands of feet below... and one very unique discovery! Here's the story behind how certain sea spiders use ...

The research offers new insights on interactions between creatures on the mysterious seafloor and sheds light on the methane ...

According to the National Academy of Science the 3 new species use methane, with the help of bacteria, to get energy.

A research team led by Occidental College has identified a previously unknown symbiosis; deep sea spiders that cultivate and ...

This previously unknown symbiotic relationship helps keep methane—a major greenhouse gas—trapped in the ocean.

Three newly-discovered species of deep sea 'spiders' farm methane-eating bacteria on their own bodies in a symbiosis quite ...

Heat-trapping methane may be best known for the dangers it poses to humans and Earth’s atmosphere, but in the dark depths of ...

Scientists say they have discovered three previously unknown, unnamed species of sea spider off the U.S. West Coast that ...

A recent study uncovers three sea spider species that depend on methane-eating microbes for food, offering insight into ...

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 ...