After 140 years, researchers finally learn how giant sea spiders in Antarctica reproduce The findings, published Feb. 11 in the journal "Ecology," "could have wider implications for marine life ...

In October 2021, Moran and PhD students Aaron Toh and Graham Lobert dove under thin ice during a field expedition in the Antarctic. They hand-collected groups of giant sea spiders that appeared to ...

Giant Antarctic sea spiders reproductive mystery solved. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 02 / 240218211136.htm ...

Scientists just sequenced the first sea spider genome, uncovering genetic clues to limb growth, regeneration, and ancient ...

To determine how these sea spiders look after their eggs, divers entered the icy waters of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica and hand-collected C. megalonyx individuals that appeared to be in mating ...

“Giant”, “sea”, and “spider” are perhaps not words best seen in combination – but unfortunately for any arachnophobes and thalassophobes out there, giant Antarctic sea spiders have ...

The reproduction of giant sea spiders in Antarctica has been largely unknown to researchers for more than 140 years, until now. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa scientists traveled to the remote ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...

Strange creatures straight out of a science-fiction movie have been captured by scientists off the coast of Antarctica. Pink and bulbous "sea pigs", hand-sized sea spiders and delicate sea ...

Sea spiders (class Pycnogonida) are diverse, with over 1300 species. The researchers caught sea spiders that are as large as a human hand, but some species can grow up to 20 inches in leg span.

STRANGE creatures dredged up from the Antarctica seafloor by scientists may have previously been undiscovered. Australian scientists captured a jelly-like, eyeless ‘sea pig’ and palm-si… ...

Sea spiders (class Pycnogonida) are diverse, with over 1300 species. The researchers caught sea spiders that are as large as a human hand, but some species can grow up to 20 inches in leg span.