Sea spiders can regrow lost anuses and sex organs - Sky News

Sea spiders can regrow lost anuses and sex organs - leaving scientists stunned. Researchers have speculated that arthropods' ability to regenerate lost limbs may hold the key to treating human ... Read More

Sea spiders can regrow their anuses, scientists discover

Strange 'sea pigs,' sea spiders and a spawning 'butterfly' discovered on Antarctic ocean floor by scientists Half-a-billion-year-old 3-eyed sea creature dubbed 'Mosura' breathed through big gills ... Read More

How a lost gene gave the sea spider its bizarre, leggy body

Scientists have decoded the sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing how its strangely shaped body—with organs in its legs and barely any abdomen—may be tied to a missing gene. The detailed ... Read More

Scientists find sea spiders can regrow their anus

Scientists were baffled after finding some young sea spiders can regrow their rear ends - including muscles, reproductive organs and the anus - or make do without them. Read More

All legs, no guts: Sea spider genome stuns scientists

Scientists just sequenced the first sea spider genome, uncovering genetic clues to limb growth, regeneration, and ancient arthropod evolution. Read More

Sea Spiders Lack a Key Body Part and a Missing Gene Could Explain Why

Scientists have long sought to understand why sea spiders keep some of their most important organs in their legs. Read More