For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

An international collaboration featuring the University of Vienna and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) has led to ...

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, and sea ice is melting at record speed, enough to match the size ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...

In this symbiotic relationship, bacteria take up real estate on the spider’s exoskeletons, and in return, the microbes convert carbon-rich methane and oxygen into sugars and fats the spiders can eat, ...

Scientists discover sea spiders living off methane-eating bacteria in deep-sea seeps, revealing new species and unique symbiotic survival strategies ...

In fact, each of the three sea spider species collected for the study were from different areas off the coast of Southern California and Alaska — a clue that the populations are highly localized.