Scientists have unveiled three previously unknown species of deep-sea sea spiders that use an unusual source of nutrition: methane. This research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

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 by a ...

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 ...

Heat-trapping methane may be best known for the dangers it poses to humans and Earth’s atmosphere, but in the dark depths of the ocean, the greenhouse gas is a nourishing meal for some of the world’s ...

Nature finds a way. Even in the most inhospitable conditions on Earth, life figures out how to not only survive but flourish. Take sea spiders, for example. A new study by researchers at Occidental ...

A male sea spider, preserved for imaging under a microscope, carries egg sacs after mating with two different females. Shana Goffredi Researchers have discovered three new sea spider species that are ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

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