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From the spooky anglerfish with its glowing lure to the bizarre blobfish that looks like it's been squished, there's no ...
Researchers have discovered a new species of the mysterious deep-sea isopod Bathonymus in the famous underwater crater.
A new isopod species has been discovered in a lab in Singapore, and it is massive, at least relative to other giant isopods. It's named after Darth Vader. The post New ‘Supergiant’ Isopod ...
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.
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 ...
A drone discovered by chance what archaeologists say are the remains of a 16th-century ship more than 1.5 miles underwater off southern France.
The animal kingdom welcomes a new creature that is recently discovered in the Carribean. The so-called roly poly bug is the newest species of deep-sea isopod.
A new yellow isopod was discovered in the Gulf of Mexico by a group of researchers. The species has been identified as Bathonymus yucatanensis.
Meet the animal kingdom’s newest little guy. This is Booralana nickorum, a recently described species of deep-sea isopod found in The Bahamas. It is a cirolanid isopod—a member of the family ...
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.
A 14-legged giant isopod is the highlight of a new dish at a ramen restaurant in Taipei.