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

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

Three newly-discovered species of deep sea 'spiders' farm methane-eating bacteria on their own bodies in a symbiosis quite unlike anything seen before. Unlike animals like ourselves, who are fed ...

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

“Even if 80% of the population are eaten (by the spiders), it’s worth it for the 20% to keep surviving and reproducing.” While these Sericosura species are the first sea spiders caught feeding on the ...

Very large sea spider was seen on video during an expedition to the remote South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica, ... While operating the deep-sea robot nearly 7,000 feet below the surface, ...

Since the deep-sea ecosystem likely plays such a key role in keeping methane away from Earth’s atmosphere, Goffredi said one day, the same type of microbes found on the Sericosura spiders could ...

Very large sea spider was seen on video during an expedition to the remote South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica, ... While operating the deep-sea robot nearly 7,000 feet below the surface, ...

Very large sea spider was seen on video during an expedition to the remote South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica, ... While operating the deep-sea robot nearly 7,000 feet below the surface, ...

Very large sea spider was seen on video during an expedition to the remote South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica, ... While operating the deep-sea robot nearly 7,000 feet below the surface, ...

Very large sea spider was seen on video during an expedition to the remote South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica, ... While operating the deep-sea robot nearly 7,000 feet below the surface, ...