The ecosystem is home to seamounts, hydrothermal vents, deep-sea trenches and species found only in its freezing water. They are called the South Sandwich Islands, and researchers with the Schmidt ...

Scientists have captured stunning video of a dinner-plate-size sea spider crawling on the seafloor off the South Sandwich ...

Pyconogonids, commonly called sea spiders, are marine arthropods that have eight legs and a long mouthpart called a proboscis, according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The animal’s organs are ...