Spider-like creatures living near methane seeps on the seafloor appear to cultivate and consume microbial species on their bodies that feed on the energy-rich gas. This expands the set of organisms ...
In the grasslands of western Nebraska, dozens of wolf spider species stalk the same insects across the same patches of ground ...
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Scientists Discover First Known Sea Spider Species That 'Eat' Methane With the Help of Bacteria
“Just like you would eat eggs for breakfast, the sea spider grazes the surface of its body, and it munches all those bacteria for nutrition,” says Goffredi to Kameryn Griesser at CNN. Even the ...
Shana Goffredi didn’t plan on discovering a new species when she set out to explore the deep underwater areas off the coasts of Southern California and Alaska. Goffredi and other researchers were ...
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. Three undescribed species of ...
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 ...
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