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 ...

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

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

An international collaboration featuring the University of Vienna and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) has led to ...

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

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 ...

An international collaboration featuring the University of Vienna and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) has led to the first-ever ...

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 ...