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

Vulnerable marine life is getting caught in the crosshairs of our electrifying world, the new study suggests. View on ...

Biology professor Shana Goffredi calls these new curious creatures “extremely adorable” — although arachnophobes may disagree ...

Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a ...

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

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

Researchers said they named the new species after the Nansei Islands near the Okinawa Trough where it was first discovered and, so far, the only area where it has been found. The Nansei Islands., also ...

Deep-sea mining in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean could harm ocean life including whales and dolphins, new research shows ...

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

It’s an organic gem like a pearl. But instead of residing in a shell, this Hawaii gem grows slowly like a miniature tree deep ...

While the Sericosura spiders are the first of their kind caught feeding on methane-fueled microbes, they’re not alone in ...

Art often imitates life, and sometimes animals do, too. The enormous jellyfish seen in this YouTube video bears a striking ...