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

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

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

I set out on a quest to visit every beach in the south hams, so I thought I would update you on how this is going. As of the ...

Scientists say they have discovered three previously unknown, unnamed species of sea spider off the U.S. West Coast that could be teaming up with bacteria to thrive off gas bubbling from the seafloor ...

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Japanese Spider Crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) ... This deep-sea fish lives off the coast of Australia, at depths of around 4,000 feet below the ocean’s surface. At that depth, ...

External digestion allows them to capture and consume insects that are unusually large compared to their body size. First, the spider grasps prey with its legs and immobilizes it with venom. Then, the ...