Sea spiders don't do anything by the book, and researchers have just gotten to the bottom of how they breathe.

They put giant Antarctic sea spiders in respiration chambers to see exactly how much oxygen they were absorbing, and they found they were taking in enough through tiny holes all over their legs to ...

In light of ongoing global warming and the accelerated melting of Antarctic sea ice, this study aims to analyze the recent changes in the principal modes of Antarctic sea ice over the past decade, ...

Sea spiders occupy marine habitats the world over, in both deep and shallow waters. But until now, scientists were not able to pinpoint the mechanism that allows them to breathe underwater in the ...

The rapidly shrinking sea ice pack in Antarctic waters will likely recover if prompt action is taken to contain greenhouse gas emissions, according to a simulation by an acclaimed team of scientists.

PARIS-Antarctic sea ice rebounded in December after a long period of record lows, US scientists said, giving pause to speculation that Earth’s frozen continent could be undergoing a permanent ...

Picking its way across ice crystals in this stunning image is a giant Antarctic sea spider. Despite its name and appearance, it is not actually an arachnid but a pycnogonid - an invertebrate with a ...