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 ...

Do you really eat spiders in your sleep? Thankfully, no. Researchers explain why and how we’d know if we were swallowing ...

You never know what you might find on a deep-sea dive. Crushing pressures can yield big discoveries, or in some cases, very small. Bianca Dal Bó is a recent graduate from LA’s Occidental College, and ...

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 ...

Living without sunlight ain’t easy, but newly discovered sea spiders off the US coast have evolved a remarkable survival strategy on the deep seafloor. In a world where photosynthesis isn’t an option, ...

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 ...

Shrubbery, toolsheds, basements—these are places one might expect to find spiders. But what about the beach? Or in a stream? Some spiders make their homes near or, more rarely, in water: tucking into ...

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 ...

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