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

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

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

Researcher Chris Hamilton collects a tarantula in Sonora, Mexico, in an undated photo. Since 2016, Hamilton has been involved in the identification of 15 new species of giant spiders in North America.

A recently published study explores the relationship between sea spiders and bacteria. Discover more and meet one of the ...

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

Scientists then discovered the other new species off the coasts of California and Alaska, Goffredi said, adding they live more than 1,900 feet to almost 4,000 feet below the surface. Some are as ...

Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a rare diet fueled by a common greenhouse gas.

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