A recent study uncovers three sea spider species that depend on methane-eating microbes for food, offering insight into ...

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

An increasingly common way to keep tabs on coral reef health is by measuring microorganisms in the local seawater.

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

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

Scientists say they have discovered three previously unknown, unnamed species of sea spider off the U.S. West Coast that could be teaming up with bacteria to thrive off gas bubbling from the seafloor ...

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

The heat is on as the summer surf season starts Friday, June 20. The ocean temperature has reached the mid-60s. Two ...

Two South Boston beaches earned perfect scores in a new water quality report for marine beaches, but others are still ...