Giant isopods look like monstrously sized woodlice and can live in the deep sea, beyond the reach of daylight. But how much do we really know about the lives of these crustaceans? Despite their ...

“Ogusokumushi,” or the deep-sea giant isopod called Bathynomus doederleinii by its scientific name, is always a favorite among aquarium visitors. Its body is about 10 centimeters long, and it is ...

To learn about some of the mysterious creatures that live on the bottom of the sea, scientists are making them an offer they can't refuse: free food. A team of researchers from the Louisiana ...

A new sea creature with 14 legs has been discovered by scientists in Mexico. Experts have named the new species Bathynomus yucatanensis, after it was discovered close to the Yucatán Peninsula. The ...

TAIPEI - 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 ...

Isopods – the segmented, ancient-looking order of crustaceans to which pill bugs belong – are popular in Japan; and so it was with much fanfare that, in 2007, the country’s Toba Aquarium welcomed a ...

Near the city of Socorro in the state of New Mexico lies a small spring. It is only here where one of the most endangered isopods, the Socorro isopod (Thermosphaeroma thermophilum), lives. Also known ...