Other types of sea spiders that don’t live near seeps largely eat other invertebrates. But the researchers found the new sea ...

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

A recent study published in Nature Microbiology examined the motility behavior of copiotrophic marine bacteria under starvation. The researchers found that some bacterial strains stop moving to ...

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

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

A study reveals how bacteria present in marine particles maintain the oceanic nitrogen cycle, providing ecological stability ...

Survival of the fittest is expertly exemplified by one marine creature: Minnesota’s freshwater mussels. These shellfish are ...

Prof. Lindell’s research group has been exploring this field for years and has already made dramatic discoveries about bacteriophage-bacteria interactions in marine environments. Their new study ...

Antarctic marine worms survive with a little help from their bacterial friends. Close relatives of earthworms, polychaetes are some of the most common animals on the ocean floor, but how these ...

The findings, released Sunday and published in the journal mSphere, come amid rising concern over how warming seas may be fueling the spread of dangerous pathogens.