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

Not far from the coasts of California and Alaska, three newly discovered species of sea spiders thrive where methane escapes ...

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

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

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

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

Shana Goffredi didn't plan on discovering a new species when she set out to explore the deep underwater areas off the coasts ...

A black widow spider with an egg sac. The spider can be found in every state other than Alaska. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images "And unlike bees and wasps, they do not leave their dwelling to ...

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

It was filmed at night in Alaska' s ... Many species of daddy longlegs are omnivores, and, per Encyclopedia Brittanica, they feed on small insects, mites, spiders, ...