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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

One such creature is the sea spider. It lacks the ability to feed on methane effusions directly, so it outsources the work to different epibiotic methanotrophs.

Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a rare diet fueled by a common greenhouse gas.

Scientists say they have discovered a new species of methane-powered spiders that live at the bottom of the ocean.

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

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