Researchers have discovered three new sea spider species that are powered by methane deep beneath the ocean. Shana Goffredi, a biologist at Occidental College and the study’s senior author, tells Erin ...

Even thousands of feet below the water's surface, no arachnophobe is truly safe from spiders. And, thanks to a discovery by a team of scientists, three more species have been added to the list of ...

A new spider was just found in the sands of Southern California, but scientists are already worried about the long-term ...

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 ...

More than a thousand feet beneath an expansive ice shelf, a “slender” creature scurried through the frigid depths of the Antarctic waters on its “long” legs — straight into a huge net. Researchers ...

A newly discovered species of sea spider was pulled up from more than 1,800 feet below the surface of Antarctica's Ross Sea. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A CMU biology professor and his graduate student have identified a new species of mysterious animal that lives more than a thousand feet beneath the surface of the Antarctic’s icy waters. Biology ...

The knotty sea spider, Pycnogonum litorale, is not actually a spider, but it does represent a significant early branch in the genetic family tree that includes spiders, as well as scorpions, ticks and ...

These web weavers have been found in shipping containers full of tropical yellow fruit, thus earning the moniker “banana spiders.” However these spiders come in all shapes and sizes, some being ...

A male sea spider, preserved for imaging under a microscope, carries egg sacs after mating with two different females. Shana Goffredi Researchers have discovered three new sea spider species that are ...

Researchers identified a new species of sea spider near Antarctica’s Ross Shelf, a study said. Photo by Matt Palmer on Unsplash More than a thousand feet beneath an expansive ice shelf, a “slender” ...