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

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

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 ...

A research team led by Occidental College has identified a previously unknown symbiosis; deep sea spiders that cultivate and ...

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

One of three methane-eating, deep-sea spider species recently discovered off the Southern California coast. One of three methane-eating, deep-sea spider species recently discovered off the Southern ...

Three newly-discovered species of deep sea 'spiders' farm methane-eating bacteria on their own bodies in a symbiosis quite ...

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

Scientists say they have discovered three previously unknown, unnamed species of sea spider off the U.S. West Coast that ...

The International Energy Agency estimates that 70 percent of the fossil fuel sector’s methane emissions could be cut with ...

According to the National Academy of Science the 3 new species use methane, with the help of bacteria, to get energy.

The team hypothesized the deep-sea, methane-seep spiders had different isotopes than expected because they fed on methane — but no animal can use methane on their own, according to Goffredi.