A close-up of a yellow sea spider underwater Sea spiders possess a remarkable, previously unknown ability: They can regrow their rear ends. In a series of experiments, scientists discovered 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 the ocean, the greenhouse gas is a nourishing meal for some of the world’s ...

No backside, no problem for some young sea spiders. The creatures can regenerate nearly complete parts of their bottom halves — including muscles, reproductive organs and the anus — or make do without ...

Nature finds a way. Even in the most inhospitable conditions on Earth, life figures out how to not only survive but flourish. Take sea spiders, for example. A new study by researchers at Occidental ...

A research team led by Occidental College has identified a previously unknown symbiosis; deep sea spiders that cultivate and feed on bacteria that oxidize methane. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

With four eyes, long legs and claws, a new species of sea spider was discovered lurking in the frosty depths of Antarctica. Researchers happened upon the creature, known as the Austropallene halanychi ...

There is nothing like a sea spider. Really. Ask Amy L. Moran, who dives under the Antarctic ice to collect and study the giant species that live in those cold waters. “Everything that they do is weird ...

It's not easy to look at a sea spider and see an animal so representative of its kind that it may help scientists sort out the evolution of almost everything with eight legs. But that's the potential ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

Researchers sequenced the genome of a sea spider, revealing it lacks whole-genome duplication seen in related arachnids. This positions sea spiders near the base of the chelicerate family tree. The ...