ColobusYeti/iStock Editorial / Getty Images Plus Giant isopods like those of the genus Bathynomus are relatives of the more familiar pill bugs that you might well find in your backyard.

British marine biologist and photographer Richard Smith focuses his work on the ocean’s tiniest and weirdest creatures.

Weighing over a kilogram, giant isopods like B. vaderi are an example of deep-sea gigantism ... jamesi are visible when ...

A mussel bed along Northern California's Dillon Beach is as healthy and biodiverse as it was about 80 years ago, when two ...

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Study author Nguyen Thanh Son poses with a supergiant isopod at a seafood market (Picture: Peter Ng/ZooKeys /Cover Images) They have so far only been found near the Spratly Islands in Vietnam ...

One new species was kept in captivity for years while another has become a local food delicacy, researchers said.

Top row from left: isopod (Pentidotea wosnesenskii), dogwhelk (Nucella canaliculata ... polychaete worm (Eulalia quadrioculata), shore crab (Hemigrapsus oregonensis). (Photos by Emily Longman and Eric ...

These “supergiant” isopods are found near the Spratly Islands ... creature and discovered a new species, a study said and photos show. Photo from Zarei, Mathebula and Chakona (2025) In South ...