Researchers from the Schmidt Ocean Institute noticed the sea spider, the size of a dinner plate, about 2km beneath the icy surface waters of the South Sandwich Islands, a chain of volcanic islands ...

Scientists have filmed a giant deep-sea spider crawling on the Southern Ocean floor, shedding more light on the diversity of underwater arachnids. Researchers from the Schmidt Ocean Institute ...

In the depths of the ocean, near the South Sandwich Islands, a remarkable marine creature has been filmed. This is not an ordinary spider, but a sea spider, an organism that astonishes with its ...

Scientists find strange sea pigs, giant sea spiders, and a butterfly-like animal beneath the Antarctic Ocean’s icy surface.

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Scientists have discovered a “thriving ecosystem” of strange deep-sea ­creatures ... near the Antarctic. The area, which had never before been accessible to humans, is home to giant corals ...

“These giant sea spiders, the males do care for the young, but they do it differently and they do it in a much simpler way than the other sea spiders. So it may provide a kind of a look at the ...