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 ...

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.

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

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.

Methane seeps are areas of the seafloor where methane gas escapes the Earth's crust, bubbling up to form flourishing microbial ecosystems in the absence of sunlight.

In 2023, scientists from the Occidental College of Los Angeles collected 36 specimens of sea spider living near methane seeps along the Pacific Coast from California to Alaska. Upon examining the ...

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 discover sea spiders living off methane-eating bacteria in deep-sea seeps, revealing new species and unique symbiotic survival strategies ...

Three new species of sea spiders discovered along the eastern Pacific coast of the United States have been reported to eat bacteria that use methane , a greenhouse gas, as food in exchange for ...