With their massive legs and alien-like appearance, giant spider crabs might seem terrifying but how dangerous are they really? Dive into the depths to uncover the truth about their behavior, habitat, ...

Following is a transcript of the video. A lot of people aren't comfortable swimming in open water. I mean, you never know what lives in the water beneath your feet. The ocean holds many bizarre ...

STRANGE creatures dredged up from the Antarctica seafloor by scientists may have previously been undiscovered. Australian scientists captured a jelly-like, eyeless ‘sea pig’ and ...

oval carapaces blend in with the rocks on the ocean floor. Those round shells and long legs give Japanese spider crabs an arachnid-like look, hence their common name. These animals also have ...

Along the way, the ship's researchers have been trawling the sea floor to bring up a huge variety of unusual organisms from ...

ANDY TORBET:'But their most amazing skill 'is the ability to live in seriously deep parts of the ocean.' ANDY TORBET:Japanese giant spider crabs have been found living at up to 600m deep.

Scientists studied deep-sea lifeforms while tracking the ... Despite their name, sea spiders are more closely related to crabs, but like arachnids they have an exoskeleton and eight legs.

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 ...

Therefore sea pigs - and other deep-sea creatures - can look very ... Sea spiders, while a closer relation to the crab than a true spider, have eight long, spindly legs and tiny bodies.

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 noticed ...