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

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

Red Sea diving is not uncommon, but fewer people are familiar with the dive sites off the coast of Saudi Arabia. Here, we ...

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

The anemone, named Discoactis tritentaculata, or “umi-no-Fujisan,” which translates to “Mount Fuji of the ocean” in Japanese, ...

Scientists say they have discovered a new species of methane-powered spiders that live at the bottom of the ocean.

Scientists say they have discovered three previously unknown, unnamed species of sea spider off the U.S. West Coast that ...

Heat-trapping methane may be best known for the dangers it poses to humans and Earth’s atmosphere, but in the dark depths of ...

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

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

Scientists captured the first documented video of cruise ship anchor damage in Antarctica, potentially to one of the oldest ...

Glass sponges are found along the deep sea, providing a hiding place for small critters along the seafloor. For one newly discovered species, glass sponges provide both a home and a hunting ground.