What is a Japanese spider crab? They may look like something from a 1950s sci-fi film, but Japanese spider crabs are gentle giants. And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on ...

The moment an underwater volcano violently erupted in Tonga has been captured by satellite imagery. Slowed-down footage from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the eruption ...

The scuba spider is the only arachnid to live exclusively underwater, despite lacking gills. Its secret, like its name suggests, is a makeshift oxygen supply. (01:34) Explore Subscribe Newsletters ...

Myself and series researcher, Yoland Bosiger were down on the Mornington Peninsula, south east Australia, to film the annual mass aggregation of spider crabs ... them with our underwater probe ...

Charlotte Lytton and Matthew Abbott traveled to Tonga to report this story. All photographs were made in May 2023. Sept. 1 at 6:00 a.m. Warning: This graphic requires ...

Underwater volcanoes can be biodiversity hotspots as they bring up nutrients from the sea bed and offer a place in which fish can shelter. Ferdinandea hosts an abundance of life, such as schools ...

Some crab spiders have ditched webs for flowers. Masters of disguise, female Thomisus guangxicus spiders blend in with petals, which allows the arachnids to nab insects that pass by while fooling ...

A budding islet created by the eruption of an underwater volcano appears to now be fully submerged due to wave erosion of the lava mass. The Asahi Shimbun’s Asuka light aircraft on Jan. 6 flew ...

In the past week, over 550 earthquakes have struck the Atlantic Ocean On Friday, a 5.1-magnitude quake hit the southern tip of El Hierro This seismic activity suggests an underwater volcano could ...

She is the first Black woman honored in the final resting place of France's most revered… 5 Stories: An underwater volcano creates a new island off Japan, customs officials confiscate thousands ...