Deep-sea isopods are cousins of terrestrial roly-polies, also known as pill bugs. The newly described pinky-length crustacean was found on a slope of Exuma Sound, southeast of Nassau, at a depth ...

Their gigantism may be an adaptation to their abyssal habitat, a pattern seen in Japanese spider crabs, oarfish, and the largest squid species. The research team compared the new isopod species to ...

Although isopods range widely in size, the new species is about 26 centimeters long and about 2,500% larger than the average woodlouse. With 11 spines, B. yucatanensis is not your typical sea animal.

What has 14 legs, lives at the bottom of the sea, and looks like Darth Vader? It's a newly discovered species of supergiant isopod, and should you happen to be in Vietnam sometime soon, you can ...

A new species of giant isopod, Bathynomus yucatanensis Huang et al. via Journal of Natural History Giant isopods are like something out of a science fiction novel—these massive, armored ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of the mysterious deep-sea isopod Bathonymus in the famous underwater crater. Called Bathonymus yucatanensis, or B. yucatanensis for short, ...

A 14-legged giant isopod is the highlight of a new dish at a ramen restaurant in Taipei and it has people queuing up—both for pictures and for a bite from this bowl of noodles. Since the The ...

The isopod in the video, however, isn't prey: Rather, it is a permanent resident. Deepstaria jellyfish were first discovered off the California coast in 1966 and were named after Deepstar 4000 ...